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Originally Posted by tjf
Well, thanks for the explanation, and that's very interesting. Is there a chance your friend got to use the Xerox Alto? |
What he had was a protype for something more advanced. It never left Xerox as a product. I suspect it was what Jobs and Gates saw on their tour that became the inspiration for the early Apples.
The folks at Xerox had hired a lot of the retiring Air Force talent with an eye for leveraging their experience. Basic graphics were very doable back then with special hardware on a standard CRT.
My Father had an offer from Xerox he did not want to move. So the kid from Brooklyn went back to NYC and 67 Broad Street:
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