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Canon Cat

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Demoscene & retrocomputingGUI, HCI & interface historyHistory of computing

What it is

A short Italian-language clip about the Canon Cat, a text-oriented personal computer from Canon designed by Jef Raskin, who started the Macintosh project. It shows the machine in use.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a quick look at what using a Canon Cat was actually like, in threads on Raskin, command interfaces and early Macintosh history.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “a great demonstration of what it would be like to use one now”

    Short informal demo showing what using a Cat is like

    watersb, 2024-05 · Recommendation · in “Preliminary Macintosh Business Plan (12 July 1981) [pdf]”

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Topics: canon cat, jef raskin, retro computing, text editing, user interfaces

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