The influential hypermedia system NoteCards, which provided inspiration to other such systems in the 1980s and later. Here it is running in the cloud under Medley Interlisp in an online session on my Chromebox.

#interlisp #retrocomputing

@amoroso Is this a Xerox PARC thing? Wow, what didn't they invent that Apple and Microsoft would come along and later steal?

@rivercityrandom Yes, it's the NoteCards system developed at Xerox PARC:

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

It's running in Medley Interlisp:

https://interlisp.org

You can try it online here:

https://interlisp.org/running/online

NoteCards - Wikipedia

@rivercityrandom @amoroso

Just imagine where we would be at now if all this was released under an #OpenSource license back then 🤔

@nicholasr @rivercityrandom Xerox also ran a sort proto open source project, the LispUsers archive of user-contributed software.
@amoroso so #NoteCards was an inspiration for #HyperCard?

@73ms I think NoteCards was an inspiration for HyperCard as hinted here, but let's ask @masinter for confirmation.

http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0030.html

NoteCards

@amoroso

Can you tell me or link to instructions how to run this in medley / maiko?

Thanks!

@alexshendi Sure, here goes:

1. visit https://online.interlisp.org/user/login
2. click Login As Guest
3. click OK
4. mark Run Notecards
5. click Run Medley
6. click DEMO.NOTEFILE;1
7. click Open

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@amoroso I didn't mean online. I meant maiko/medley on a "normal" computer, offline.

@alexshendi Ah okay, here are the instructions (assuming Linux as it's the only one I'm familiar with):

1. install Medley for your operating system https://interlisp.org/running
2. from the shell, run: medley -a -e -n &
3. under ACTIVATE FEATURES, click NOTECARDS
4. click DEMO.NOTEFILE;1
5. click Open

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@amoroso

Ah, ok. Looks feasible. Thanks a lot.

@alexshendi You're welcome, let me know if you need further help with Medley.
@amoroso Looked like #HyperCard in the thumbnail, makes sense that there would be a connection. What system did this originally run on?

@dragfyre It makes sense as it was among the inspirations of HyperCard. NoteCards originally run on the Xerox D-series 11xx Lisp Machines such as the Daybreak:

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

Xerox Daybreak - Wikipedia

@dragfyre And also on Sun workstations.
@amoroso Looks lovely
@chengdulittlea Right, it has the clean elegance of a sheet of printed paper.
@amoroso I've had lots of fun messing around with it! Thanks for the interlisp braincons
@neauoire You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it.