Sketchpad, A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System.
Between 1962 and 1964, Dr. Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System, arguably the world’s first computer graphics system, and non-procedural programming system.
Video
In this video, Dr. Alan Kay, from PARC, discusses Sketchpad and its significance in determining the nature of Object Oriented graphical interfaces.
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Geneology
In this Computing Family Tree diagram◊, note how Sketchpad is considered the origination point for the modern operating system, as we know it.
Links
- Sketchpad, PhD. Dissertation, .pdf (3.9 MB) ↓
- Sketchpad, Wikipedia→
- Sketchpad, YouTube→
- Sketchpad, Archive.org→
