According to "Dealers of Lightning - Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age" it was the Alto.
Bob
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On Sunday, June 20, 1999 10:14 PM, Glenatacme_at_aol.com [SMTP:Glenatacme_at_aol.com] wrote:
> In a message dated 6/20/99 10:06:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> rcini_at_email.msn.com writes:
>
> > I just finished watching "Pirates of Silicon Valley" on TNT, an
> > interesting interpretation of the dynamics between Apple and Microsoft from
> > 1975 to 1997.
> >
> > Here's the question -- what was the name of the computer at Xerox that
> > Steve Jobs "modeled" the Lisa/Mac after? Was it the Alto or the Star?
>
> Definitely it was the Star. My ex worked at Xerox from '85 through '87.
> Some details in "Pirates" were, um, a little "inaccurate," but they got one
> thing right -- there were a lot of really pissed off people at Xerox when the
> Apple GUI hit the streets.
>
> Glen Goodwin
> 0/0
Received on Mon Jun 21 1999 - 18:18:49 BST