The Alto was a personal computer developed by Xerox at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in the early 1970s. It was never sold commercially, but, according to former PARC employee Paul McJones ...
This article originally appeared on the blog of author Ken Shirriff and is reprinted here with his permission. Alan Kay recently gave his 1970s Xerox Alto to Y Combinator, and I’m helping with the ...
One of the great pioneers of the computer age, credited with designing the first personal computer, has died at the age of 74. Charles Thacker, who built the first personal computer while a member of ...