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Glad to help!

Great! I'll look for that collection.

Thanks! The Internet Archive Software Collection sounds like a great resource. I'm going to check it out.

Thanks for the suggestion! Here it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33794018

An HN post yesterday [1] reminded me of this Q&A that I did last year. (Thanks to HN user DoingIsLearning for suggesting a separate submission.) [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/it…

I created the Start Menu and Taskbar, and I did intend for them to be at the top of the screen. http://blogs.harvard.edu/danieloran/2022/11/28/qa-about-the-...

Real, shipping stylus-based computers -- not just mockups or concepts like Alan Kay's 1968 Dynabook -- go back to at least the late 1980s, with the GRiDPAD: http://www.pcworld.com/…

Steve Jobs played a minor role in Apple’s early success with the Apple II I disagree. Here's what Isaacson writes (p. 73): If it had not been for Jobs, [Wozniak] might still be han…