Vector Hugo · @gfkdsgn
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2023 is the 50th Anniversary for driven computer SYSTEMS and . Fans of can see the few left of 2.000 original 's at , Mountain View, CA. and 's like the in mid October, .

A portrait of Chuck tHacker will be added soon into our and if you share this point in with us or among the we have to hurry even more the next & 's

#guios #wysiwyg #retrocomputers #xeroxalto #chm #vcf #vcfb #berlin #gfkdsgn #vectorgraphics #svg #ithistory #fediverse #dtp #inkscape #foss #screenshot

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Ding Dang Trevor Flowers · @trevorflowers
576 followers · 2675 posts · Server machines.social

Just another normal day in the Transmutable workshop.

#smalls #xeroxalto #trs80 #retrocomputing

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Ding Dang Trevor Flowers · @trevorflowers
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Ezequiel Birman · @eb
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RT @ComputerHistory
The Xerox Alto transported computing into the future with its groundbreaking features and functions. Join us to celebrate the Alto’s 50th anniversary with @erichorvitz, Alan Kay, Butler Lampson, @charlessimonyi, John Shoch & @ilyasut. bit.ly/3ZLIdyk

#chmlive #xeroxalto

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Eric Vitiello · @pixel
1747 followers · 2482 posts · Server social.pixels.pizza

The Xerox Alto, which debuted in the early spring of 1973, is uncannily familiar today, because we are living in a world of computing that the Alto created. Here's how the Alto came to be.


spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto

#history #xeroxalto #xerox #parc #computerhistory

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Ashwin Nanjappa 👨‍💻 · @codeyarns
59 followers · 1567 posts · Server hachyderm.io

So insightful! Butler Lampson's memo at Xerox propounding the various innovative features of Alto and why its use should be expanded. ✍

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#xeroxalto

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Ashwin Nanjappa 👨‍💻 · @codeyarns
59 followers · 1566 posts · Server hachyderm.io

The many innovations that came from Xerox Alto: Ethernet, GUI, SmallTalk, WYSIWYG word processing (MS Word), DynaBook (tablet computer), HyperCard, PostScript.

spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto

#ieeespectrum #xeroxalto

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Ashwin Nanjappa 👨‍💻 · @codeyarns
59 followers · 1565 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Fantastic article on the Xerox Alto personal computer and the many innovations that came from it to revolutionize personal computing.

Bonus: the article has gorgeous photos of the Alto in use at Xerox in the 1970s.

spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto

#ieeespectrum #xeroxalto

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Alexander Ruthol · @Je5usaurus_rex
249 followers · 1857 posts · Server universeodon.com

The amazing story of how the modern world was born:

spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto

One thing missing from the article is that Steve Jobs would spend much of his life taking credit for the innovations he stole from PARC and the Alto.

#history #computers #sparc #xeroxalto

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Vic · @victorp
20 followers · 30 posts · Server techhub.social

Have you been aware that we are now living in a world of computing created by Alto in the Xerox PARC R&D laboratory? It debuted in the early spring of 1973.

The Alto was built to tuck under a desk, with its monitor, keyboard, and mouse on top. It was totally interactive, responding directly to its single user.

and a whole team from toured PARC in 1979. Viewing Alto’s graphical user interface, Jobs had what he later described as an epiphany, one that reoriented his efforts at Apple forever after. He quickly hired Larry Tesler from PARC.

PARC researcher Charles Simonyi left for , where he would work to turn Bravo into Word and launch Microsoft into the world of application software.

In the early 1980s, an entire group of researchers left PARC to start .

spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto

#SteveJobs #Apple #microsoft #adobe #xerox #history #computers #software #parc #alto #XeroxPARC #xeroxalto #computerhistory

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Mihai Trica :verified: 🦇 · @mihai
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from 50 years ago that looks familiar today spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto

#technology #xeroxalto #xerox #alto

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itaddsup · @itaddup
5 followers · 55 posts · Server cyberplace.social

Discover the story behind the groundbreaking Xerox Alto, the world's first personal computer. Launched in 1973, this computer would pave the way for the digital revolution.

spectrum.ieee.org/xerox-alto

#xeroxalto #personalcomputer #digitalrevolution #techhistory #itaddup

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Damian Yerrick · @PinoBatch
118 followers · 69 posts · Server peoplemaking.games

, the first computer, turns 50 today.

#xeroxalto #gui #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

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LisPi · @lispi314
246 followers · 3682 posts · Server mastodon.top

@chjara Based user?

#xeroxalto

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paulrickards · @paulrickards
2003 followers · 654 posts · Server mastodon.social

This looks to be the exact turtle that was used at my school when I was young. It’s from a video by Computer History Museum called Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto │Smalltalk-76 Demo where Dan Ingalls walks through using Smalltalk-76. The video ends with a tour of the Learning Research Group (LRG) at Xerox PARC that shows the turtle next to a giant roll of paper for the turtle to draw on. 🐢

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #xeroxparc #xeroxalto #penplotter #logo

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jbz · @jbzfn
275 followers · 1828 posts · Server mastodon.social

⏳ Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto │Smalltalk-76 Demo


youtube.com/watch?v=NqKyHEJe9_

#xeroxalto #smalltalk #retrocomputing

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jbz · @jbzfn
275 followers · 1827 posts · Server mastodon.social

🖥️ Alto System Project: Dan Ingalls demonstrates Smalltalk

youtube.com/watch?v=uknEhXyZgs

#smalltalk #xeroxalto #retrocomputing

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jbz · @jbzfn
255 followers · 1768 posts · Server mastodon.social

⚡ Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto │Draw and Markup Demos

— Computer History Museum

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GgO7Ww8N

#xeroxalto #retrocomputing

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