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2 unusual facts about Canon Cat


Canon Cat

There is a current software project underway, that was initiated by the late Jef Raskin himself, to develop a similar yet even more capable system for today's computing systems.

The machine's hardware consisted of a 9 inch (229 mm) black-and-white monitor, a single 3½ inch 256 KB floppy disk drive and an IBM Selectric-compatible keyboard.


Archy

Archy in large part builds on Raskin's earlier work with the Apple Macintosh, Canon Cat, SwyftWare, and Ken Perlin's Pad ZUI system.


see also

The Humane Interface

Many of the ideas presented in the Canon Cat and The Humane Interface were later adopted by Raskin in his Archy project, and later by his son Aza.