Final Xerox Star demo

From: Larry Groebe <lgroebe_at_insidermarketing.com>
Date: Mon Jun 1 17:33:31 1998

>Is there someone to contact by phone to see if there will be videotapes
>available?
>
>thanks
>
>Kai
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug Yowza [mailto:yowza_at_yowza.com]
>Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 3:17 PM
>To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
>Subject: Final Xerox Star demo
>
>
>>Xerox PARC is giving one final demonstration of the original Xerox Star
>>workstation built in 1981. This may be the last time it gets
>>demoed, as the hardware has begun failing due to its age. Don't miss
>>this opportunity to witness one of the most important steps ever taken in
>>the history of computing and user interface design.


Better yet, has anyone given thought to the viability of building a Star
emulator? How fast could those things have been?

--Larry
Received on Mon Jun 01 1998 - 17:33:31 BST