24 Apr
1998
24 Apr
'98
4:22 p.m.
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
There were also hi-res BBS systems, at least in the Apple ][ realm,
whereby graphics commands would be sent down the line to render screens on
the hi-res display.
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The problem
is, Wang is sueing them for something that almost EVERY piece
of software available does! Netscape needs examples of software that do
the things in the patent prior to March 30th, 1983.
It sounds like the Wang patent basically covers rendering formatted
information on a terminal that was acquired via a remote connection. So,
what was the closest thing to a Web browser before 1993? GRiD fan that I
am, I vote for the 1982 GRiD/OS and remote GRiDCentral. GRiD/OS had a
form and menu based OS interface and actions were based on the file type
and extension. GRiDCentral (and the LAN-based GRiDServer) basically
distributed this menu-based filesystem over a remote connection.