From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.computers

On 3/20/26 09:15, John Levine wrote:

According to Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com>:

Been done. Darned if I can recall the name, but it was a design for a
desk-sized device that would call up reels of microfilm on demand and
display what you wanted.

Memex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex

It was a major influence on Doug Engelbart and Ted Nelson's development
of hypertext.

Yes! That's it, thanks! Memory is always the second thing to go.

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