Visual Computing Systems
http://www.nooron.org/know/computing_systems
This is a knowledge base of computing systems, their origins, their
creators and their relations with other such systems.
It was created to modernize, expand on and support the ongoing
maintenance requirements of
the "Bushy Tree Diagram" created by
John Redant, Bruce Damer and others:
http://www.digibarn.com/stories/desktop-history/bushytree.html
which was inspired by
'The Xerox "Star": A Retrospective'
http://www.digibarn.com/friends/curbow/star/retrospect/index.html
The Institutions
Institutions are any kind of organization, including
businesses, governments, non-profits and so on.
Augmentation Research Center
Advanced Research Project Agency
Norwegian Computing Centre
Palo Alto Research Center
The Software Systems
Software Systems are thought of as being
capable of running on one or more Hardware Systems.
Alto
InfluencedBy
FLEX
NLS
ReactiveEngine
DescendedFrom
EandSprojects
StanfordAILabsProjects
DesignedBy
ButlerLampson
ChuckThacker
PrimaryURL
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/xerox-alto/index.html
Augment
DesignedBy
DouglasEngelbart
ProgrammedBy
DouglasEngelbart
JohnFRulifson
WilliamKEnglish
PrimaryURL
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/histsci/ssvoral/engelbart/main4-ntb.html
Evans and Sutherland projects
ProductOf
EvansAndSutherland
DescendedFrom
StanfordAILabsProjects