| ▲ | GeekyBear 2 hours ago | |
Jef did go on to create a computer along the lines of his original vision after leaving Apple. > The Canon Cat used a text-based user interface, without any pointer, mouse, icons, or graphics. All data was seen as a long "stream" of text broken into several pages. Instead of using a traditional command-line interface or menu system, the Cat used its special keyboard, with commands activated by holding down a "Use Front" key and pressing another key. https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Cat It was nothing like the Macintosh Apple shipped. | ||
| ▲ | jimbosis an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
If you want to get some flavor of what editing on the Canon Cat may have felt like, especially the LEAP keys, try Jasper and/or bitters. Jasper: https://lab.alexanderobenauer.com/jasper/ https://lab.alexanderobenauer.com/updates/the-jasper-report bitters: https://m15o.ichi.city/bitters/ https://nightfall.city/nex/in/m15o/projects/bitters/ (very similar to the link above, but Nex is a neat protocol...) Furthermore, Internet Archive hosts a runnable Canon Cat Emulation. I believe this means it is available in MAME as well. | ||
| ▲ | kickingvegas an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
After seeing a video of the Canon Cat in action, I thought “so, this is a lot like Emacs”. | ||