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Re: Anybody with an oscilloscope as an Apple II display?



JackRubin wrote:
I was strongly influenced by Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad--it led me
to think seriously about how many data reduction problems could be made
easier and more effective if the experimenter were placed in interactive
contact with his data in manipulable graphical form.



A recent version of Ivan's thesis with a new introduction providing
historical context is available here -
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-574.html

comp.sys.apple2 content provided via computer graphics, oscilloscopes
used as displays, and Alan Kay.

Thank you, Jack--I've always wanted a copy!!

-michael

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