What processor did it use?
Also, what will be done to the machine after the "last run"?
>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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