Well if they arent keeping it, it should go to a museum like the one at
Boston.....
One question though, wasent the Xerox 820 basically the same as the Alto?
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Eskin <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 8:53
Subject: Re: Final Xerox Star demo
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>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?
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>>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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