Computer History Museum

Desktop Publishing Pioneer Meeting, day 1 session 2: Technology in the 1960s

Session 2 of the first day of the Desktop Publishing Pioneer Meeting focuses on the development of printing related software technologies in the 1960s. Discussion topics range from the challenges of desktop applications in the mainframe era to the origin and development of markup languages, such as GML (Generalized Markup Language) and HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). Other subjects were typesetting and printing methodologies including linotype service bureaus. Some of the new digital technologies discussed were the work done by Rocappi, digital typesetting; digital text entry; digital graphics; special purpose printing languages; Engelbart’s activities at Stanford; Hypertext; H&J; document content vs appearance

Item Details

Date
2017-05-22 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102738489
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
Category
Talk
Format
PDF
Credit line
Computer History Museum
Extent
22 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X8209.2017
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
Desktop Publishing Pioneer meeting collection