The Very First Version of Xcelsius?

It turns out that dashboards like Xcelsius have their roots all the way back in 1939 — in cardboard, at least!  (Click on the image to get a bigger version)

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Thanks to Modern Mechanix blog: “Yesterday’s Technology, Today!”


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5 responses to “The Very First Version of Xcelsius?”

  1. […] posts discussed the power of having the right data, and that dashboards have been around for a long, long time, but if they have poor data it’s like putting lipstick on a pig, and that it would be a crime not […]

  2. Olivier Demeusy Avatar
    Olivier Demeusy

    Hi Timo
    What about the very first way of submitting a Google Search ?
    http://data.boomerang.nl/b/boomerang/image/google-classic/s1024/3.jpg
    😀
    Olivier on April 1st…

  3. Timo Elliott Avatar

    Gareth,
    Gosh! I DO remember now — I even built something similar using a mainframe reporting system when I worked at Shell in ’88! Thanks!

  4. Gareth Horton Avatar

    Hi Timo,
    Have you seen the Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS dashboards, circa 1984?
    http://www.exceluser.com/dash/firstdash.htm
    Gareth

  5. Deborah Avatar
    Deborah

    This is an excellent find. We thought we were so cool for having interactive charts but noooo, granny was doing it decades ago.