Alan Kay recently gave his 1970s Xerox Alto to Y Combinator, and I'm helping with the restoration of this legendary system.. The Alto was the first computer designed around a graphical user ...

In 1973, PARC researchers built Xerox Alto, the world's first personal computer with a mouse connected to a graphical interface screen. The lab invented Ethernet cables too. Xerox's Alto computer.

The released code, which you can download from the Computer History Museum website, is available for non-commercial use.It includes a range of software developed for the Alto such as the OS and ...

Charles Thacker, one of the lead hardware designers on the Xerox Alto, the first modern personal computer, died of a brief illness on Monday. He was 74. The Alto, which was released in 1973 but ...

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.

1973 Xerox Alto computer that inspired Paul Allen and others is restored and running at Seattle museum. by Kurt Schlosser on August 2, 2016 at 11:39 am August 2, 2016 at 12:59 pm.

According to the Computer History Museum, Thacker later recalled that the first Xerox Alto cost $12,000 to build, and would have probably been priced at $40,000 if it had gone on sale to the public.

With the launching this month of Xerox Corp.`s copyright suit against Apple Computer Inc., one of Silicon Valley`s best-known inside stories has been thrust anew into the public spotlight. The stor… ...

Larry Tesler, the former Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and Apple computer scientist best-known for creating the cut, copy and paste commands for personal computers, died earlier this week. He was… ...

Charles Patrick ("Chuck") Thacker, a pioneer of the first personal computer, died at his Palo Alto home on June 12, according to the publication Communications of the ACM. He was 74.