'Memex'-like ideas had been kicking around for a long time (Otlet's 'Mundaneum' (actually realized but a victim of ignorance), H.G. Wells' "World Brain"). Bush

'Memex'-like ideas had been kicking around for a long time (Otlet's 'Mundaneum' (actually realized but a victim of ignorance), H.G. Wells' "World Brain"). Bush tried another spin. I don't recall seeing a detailed breakdown of how the Memex worked (microfilm). But yes, Engelbart and his team decidedly were the first to demonstrate a fully-working, well-integrated concept -on networked hardware-. Once again, as Ted Nelson also learned, the world just wasn't ready.