super_si

ive found loads info on babbage and other mathmatical break throughs.

But i cant find any information on GPU, Monitor and Keyboards.

Im trying to conver Input/output devices, tried google and a few books i have.

nothing about the history. Any pointers

Cheers

Si

snowcrash

Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

did a lot of the ground breaking research and trials of GUI's - mouses etc...


a quick search on google will reveal many pages of info
i.e.
http://www.cedmagic.com/history/xerox-alto.html

super_si

Thanks mate!!

This assignment is based around HCI actually :d

teachers a ****** though

ozzy

Xerox came up with the idea of the GUI in 1973 using a mouse.

The keyboard would have followed on from the typewriter-style machines they used to create punch-cards IIRC.

Stefan

snowcrash

HCI

well keyboards are just an extension of typewriters... from back in the day...

according to this DEC made the first commercial typing keyboard and monitor in 1960:
http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/

super_si

GPU