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In 1968, computers got personal: How the 'mother of all demos' changed the world

  • Written by Margaret O'Mara, Professor of History, University of Washington
A scene from Doug Engelbart's groundbreaking 1968 computer demo.Doug Engelbart Institute

On a crisp California afternoon in early December 1968, a square-jawed, mild-mannered Stanford researcher named Douglas Engelbart took the stage at San Francisco’s Civic Auditorium and proceeded to blow everyone’s mind about what computers could do....

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