About the Wang '669 patent - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

25 Apr 1998

At 09:50 PM 24-04-98 -0500, Doug Yowza wrote:

...
 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. 
How about the CAI system that CDC had (I can't remember the name off hand
at the moment - I think my brain is broken - I couldn't even remember the
brand name of some wine I wanted to buy yesterday... Will chewing on a
floppy disk or two improve things :-). From my limited exposure it's likely
that the CDC thingy :-) had a browser style interface.

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