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Explore a fascinating research project aimed at recreating Douglas Engelbart's groundbreaking NLS/Augment system from 1968 using modern Apple ][ hardware and #Fujinet technology. Learn how Eric Rangell is investigating the unique capabilities of Engelbart's original system that are missing from today's computing environments, with the ultimate goal of producing educational videos that demonstrate these lost features. Discover the technical approach using an Apple //GS as the target platform, leveraging its hardware flexibility including the ADB mouse and game IO connector to interface with a custom 5-button chord keyset through PDL(2) and PDL(3). Understand how #Fujinet serves as a crucial component by simulating the original timesharing environment that NLS required, enabling the demonstration of NLS functionality through Applesoft programs that access text files stored on ProDOS 32MB hard drive images. Gain insights into this unique intersection of computing history, retrocomputing, and educational technology that brings one of the most influential computer systems in history back to life on vintage Apple hardware.
