Return key not working in GCC Win32 VM
Dan Ingalls
Dan.Ingalls at disney.com
Thu Nov 2 20:18:59 UTC 2000
>P.S. I recall an old folklore tale, ever wondered if it was true: When
>(IIRC) Alan's Alto keyboard was broken, it was sent off to repair for a
>week, and he continued Smalltalking for the entire week by composing stuff
>from existing bits.
>
>Can the old hats confirm/deny?
I can't confirm/deny that particular one.
However in the early days it often drew a gasp when we would pause half way through a Smalltalk demo -- having already explored and demonstrated numerous nitty-gritty programming facilities -- to point out that we were, for the first time, about to use the keyboard.
Another keyboard story (also true) that you might paricularly appreciate, relates a comment overheard from a corporate observer after one of these demos (remember this is the early 1970's):
"I never thought a man could type that fast"
And people wonder why technology transfer is hard.
- D
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