In the
days
before the
computer
, '
Hyperlinks
' were
achieved
by
attaching
a
piece
of
string
to the
document
in
question
and
running
the
string
around
the
office
on a
system
of
levers
and
pulleys
. When the
document
was
desired
the
member
of
staff
would
simply
pull
on the
appropriate
string
until the
document
arrived
in their
mitts
. The only
problem
arose
when more than
one
person
wished
to
view
the
document
at any
one
time
. This was
overcome
in
1924
when
Archibald
Garrison
devised
the
Compact
Waif
-
Duplicator
™, which
duplicated
the
document
in
crayon
on
tracing
paper
. The
Waif
-
Duplicator
was
operated
by a
small
child
in a
box
.
Nick Brenchley
Monday, 19 July 2004