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For those of you interested in getting a replica of NLS/Augment, there's a windows program that mimics it pretty well: http://www.ndma.com/resources/ndm8543.htm

For those of you interested in getting a replica of NLS/Augment, there's a windows program that mimics it pretty well: http://www.ndma.com/resources/ndm8543.htm http://www.ndma.com/resources/ndm8543.htm A one-handed "keyset" is also available here for those of you who want to experience NLS the "engelbartian-way": https://www.infogrip.com/bat-keyboard.html https://www.infogrip.com/bat-keyboard.html Unfortunately, the software was written in the early 90's and it's only 32-bit so you have to run it in an emulator to make it work on modern systems. It's a real shame that NLS didn't catch on. The big issue with it is that it's like emacs in a sense - there's a learning curve involved in using it which makes it intimidating to use. This makes it hard to market to commercial markets (lotus notes took over in the '90s). It's too bad they didn't open source this back in the '70s, this is a "could have been" software project.

jbottoms 7y ago
The vendor is selling just the executable. But it appears tgat ghey have the source code, so why not provide a 64 bit version?
dwringer 7y ago
Very cool stuff. From what I've read, I gather that the actual keysets developed by Engelbart's team for NLS differed a bit in style from the one in that link, but more interestingly/importantly(?) could also provide haptic feedback by puffing air up from under the keys. (i.e., as a very basic example, one could mouse over a toolbar button and the keyboard might provide a physical cue by bumping the "hotkey" for that given command - immediately teaching the user how to bypass using the mouse next time).
justin66 7y ago
This looks extremely cool. > it's only 32-bit so you have to run it in an emulator to make it work on modern systems. What about it necessitates using a VM? 32-bit Windows software should run fine on Windows 10. (I'm aware of some exceptions, like when I bought MathCAD 13 shortly before upgrading to Windows Vista 64-bit, grumble grumble...)

jbottoms 7y ago

The vendor is selling just the executable. But it appears tgat ghey have the source code, so why not provide a 64 bit version?

dwringer 7y ago

Very cool stuff. From what I've read, I gather that the actual keysets developed by Engelbart's team for NLS differed a bit in style from the one in that link, but more interestingly/importantly(?) could also provide haptic feedback by puffing air up from under the keys. (i.e., as a very basic example, one could mouse over a toolbar button and the keyboard might provide a physical cue by bumping the "hotkey" for that given command - immediately teaching the user how to bypass using the mouse next time).

justin66 7y ago

This looks extremely cool. > it's only 32-bit so you have to run it in an emulator to make it work on modern systems. What about it necessitates using a VM? 32-bit Windows software should run fine on Windows 10. (I'm aware of some exceptions, like when I bought MathCAD 13 shortly before upgrading to Windows Vista 64-bit, grumble grumble...)