Z:gnu-www-ja-software-patents--c36f75-What I done I called poor mans/en

What I done I called poor mans hypertext as I had to implement it in the context of TECO. It was not as powerful as his hypertext but it was at least useful for browsing documentation, which it all it was meant for, and as for there being dial-up access to the system, well, there was, but it didn't occur to me that the one had anything particular to do with the other. I wasn't going to publish a paper saying &ldquo;Oh! I implemented this poor man's hypertext, and guess what! There are dial-up lines on the computer too!&rdquo; I suspect there is no way to tell precisely on what dates I implemented this. And was it published in any sense? Well, we invited guests to come in across the ARPAnet, and log in on our machine, so they could have browsed documentation using info and seen the thing. If they had asked us, they would have found we have dial-up access. But as you can see, historical accident determines whether you have prior art.