Scores of retro-loving nerds will gather this weekend at the Vintage Computer Festival to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Xerox Alto -- the genetic Eve to today's modern PCs. The sixth annual VCF, ...
In a very real way, the thing that you’re using to read these words — whether that’s your desktop computer, laptop, smartphone, or tablet — exists because of the work of Charles Thacker, who passed ...
Anyone interested in the history of personal computing will surely have heard of the Xerox Alto, but when’s the last time you got to play with one? It’s been a while even for Paul Allen — long enough ...
This article originally appeared on the blog of author Ken Shirriff and is reprinted here with his permission. Alan Kay recently gave his 1970s Xerox Alto to Y Combinator, and I'm helping with the ...
Carl Clement doesn’t want to whine and moan about it. He’s just saying that before there was the Apple Macintosh and its recent and much-heralded 25th anniversary, there was the Xerox Alto. And he and ...
Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Aug 2, 2016 at 11:39 am August 2, 2016 at 12:59 pm ...
In 1972, Xerox released an advert for the Alto, introducing people to the world’s first computer with a graphical user interface, mouse, and distinctive portrait screen. In 1972, Xerox released an ...
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