Of course there's Alan Kay's cardboard model of the Dynabook. >From: Don Hopkins >Re: Wooden Dynabook model? >I have a vague recollection of seeing a photo o

Of course there's Alan Kay's cardboard model of the Dynabook. >From: Don Hopkins >Re: Wooden Dynabook model? >I have a vague recollection of seeing a photo of a wooden model of a Dynabook. Or maybe it was chocolate. >Was there really such a thing? Could you please point me at any photos and stories about it, if so? >From: Alan Kay >The original model I made was done in cardboard. I gave it to Jack Goldman, the funder of Parc. https://donhopkins.com/home/DynabookModel1.jpg https://donhopkins.com/home/DynabookModel1.jpg >And here's a much later one I did for the Computer History Museum. https://donhopkins.com/home/DynabookModel2.jpg https://donhopkins.com/home/DynabookModel2.jpg Alan Kay's Dynabook -- Rare NHK video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36NNGzNvjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36NNGzNvjo >In 1968, Alan Kay outlined the Dynabook, calling it a "children's computer." The device was never made commercially, but he made a model out of cardboard. In this 2002 Japanese Documentary (NHK Japan), he shows this model. Alan Kay's papers: https://web.archive.org/web/20060106124621/http://thinkubator.ccsp.sfu.ca/Dynabook https://web.archive.org/web/20060106124621/http://thinkubato... A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages; Alan Kay - 1972 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20060209043851/http://www.mprove.de/diplom/gui/Kay72a.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20060209043851/http://www.mprove... File:Alan Kay and the prototype of the Dynabook (3009206205).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alan_Kay_and_the_prototype_of_the_Dynabook_(3009206205).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alan_Kay_and_the_pro... Dynabook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook American computer pioneer Alan Kay’s concept, the Dynabook, was published in 1972. How come Steve Jobs and Apple iPad get the credit for tablet invention? https://www.quora.com/American-computer-pioneer-Alan-Kay-s-concept-the-Dynabook-was-published-in-1972-How-come-Steve-Jobs-and-Apple-iPad-get-the-credit-for-tablet-invention/answer/Alan-Kay-11 https://www.quora.com/American-computer-pioneer-Alan-Kay-s-c...