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24 alternatives to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Doug Engelbart's Great Demo
This project commemorates Douglas Engelbart's landmark 1968 demonstration of early computing technologies. It serves as a historical resource for anyone interested in the origins of modern computer interfaces and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Doug Engelbart's Great Demo launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Computers that have made milestones in the tech industry
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A while ago I was looking for information on a obscure and short lived British computer. I found an article[1] in the archives of BYTE magazine[2] - and was captivated immediately by the tech adverts of bygone eras. This led to a long side project to be able to see all 100k pages of BYTE in a single searchable place. [1]: https://byte.tsundoku.io/#198502-381 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17683184
2025 · byte.tsundoku.io · its alternatives →
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The book page links to a blog post that explains how I got about it (and has a link to sample content), but the TL&DR is that I could not find a lot of books that were on "our" history _and_ were larded with technical details. So I set about writing one, and some five years later I'm happy to share the result. I think it's one of the few "computer history" books that has tons of code, but correct me if I'm wrong (I wrote this both to tell a story and to learn :-)). My favorite languages are Smalltalk and Lisp, but as an Emacs user, I've been using the latter for much longer and for my…
Feb 2026 · berksoft.ca · its alternatives →
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After 25 years of writing software, I was feeling nostalgic for the kinds of things that got me into programming in the first place: the old DOS demoscene. I spent a weekend seeing if I could recapture some of that INT 13H VGA magic using today's web tech, but with the old-school constraints of doing it from scratch. The result is this portfolio of ten classic effects running in a single HTML file. It's all vanilla JavaScript writing to a element, with no external libraries. It was a fun challenge to implement things like: * The color palette cycling and smooth fading in the Plasma demo. *…
2025 · jdfio.com · its alternatives →
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Computer Museum▲191Online computer museum with simulators
2022 · compumuseum.com · its alternatives →
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A visual gallery of how user interfaces have evolved
2022 · history.vpon.me · its alternatives →
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Hi, I'm a high school teacher from Australia and I've built what I'd like to think is a pretty nifty ChatGPT powered presentation tool for teachers. I'd love it if you could have a look at it and give me some of your feedback. I don't think there's much overlap with the HN crowd and school teachers, but I've been coming here for many years and thought I'd post here and see what you all think. Check it out if you have a minute and I'd be super happy to hear your feedback too. https://www.slidehero.ai/ You can jump in and have a play with the tool all you like ;) Cheers, Eli
2025 · its alternatives →
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Future Forms▲87Archive of 1960s/70s/80s space-age electronics
2015 · future-forms.com · its alternatives →
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A visual journey through 10 years of iOS
2017 · git-tower.com · its alternatives →
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World’s first Interactive, tabletop holographic display
2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
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Bringing ‘A Brief History of Time’ to a whole new generation
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A data visualization about the growth of the web since 1990
2015 · evolutionofweb.appspot.com · its alternatives →
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Framefields▲100Open-source code-first video for AGI era
8d ago · framefields.dev · its alternatives →
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Building a modern computer from first principles
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A riveting history of programming
2017 · theprogrammersodyssey.com · its alternatives →
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I’ve been working on a unique storybook designed to teach kids about how computers work, and I would love to get your feedback. Set 500 years in the future, the story follows two kids – one a robot, the other a human – as they explore the workings of what to them is ancient technology: our present-day computers. I’ve aimed to keep each story short and engaging, sprinkling in humor and illustrations to captivate young readers. As an open-source project, you’re also welcome to check out the source here: https://github.com/yong/lostlanguageofthemachines
2024 · lostlanguageofthemachines.com · its alternatives →
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The 64▲106Re-imagining of the original home computer, the Commodore C6
2016 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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Web Rewind▲98An interactive journey through 30 years of the web
Mar 2026 · web-rewind.com · its alternatives →
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Singularity university labs, the heretic & silicon valley
2016 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →
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Work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant techno
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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