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Title: Y Combinator's Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s GUI computer
Post by: Gryzor on 11:19, 28 June 16

I think @Bryce (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=225) would be all over it...

Y Combinator's Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s GUI computer (http://www.righto.com/2016/06/y-combinators-xerox-alto-restoring.html)

Title: Re: Y Combinator's Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s GUI computer
Post by: MacDeath on 12:15, 28 June 16

Hey i work for Xerox... ;D
yeah, the machine which inspired so many stuffs 10 years later.

some say it was a fancy project because Xerox had so much money they could make fancy futuristic things like that.
A bit like the concept cars for car manufacturers.

Is there even a Xerox Alto emulator somewhere ? can there be demos and game on those ?

https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/memos_1981/Alto_Subsystems_May81.pdf (https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/alto/memos_1981/Alto_Subsystems_May81.pdf)

Title: Re: Y Combinator's Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s GUI computer
Post by: Gryzor on 13:48, 28 June 16

Of course there is an emulator, tried it years ago!
SALTO - The Xerox Alto Simulator (http://toastytech.com/guis/salto.html)

Title: Re: Y Combinator's Xerox Alto: restoring the legendary 1970s GUI computer
Post by: VincentGR on 16:51, 28 June 16

Love this machine.
Years ahead of it's time.

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