On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Larry Groebe wrote:
> >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?
Not terribly. IIRC, there was a discernable lag between keystroke and
the appearance of the character on the monitor screen!
- don
> --Larry
>
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Received on Mon Jun 01 1998 - 17:41:57 BST