Join Steve as he tells us about the Xerox Alto — a groundbreaking innovation that paved the way for modern technology. #Xerox #XeroxAlto #XeroxPark #Technology | Computer History Museum

"The alto A2124 is hands down my favorite travel camper. This thing has the space for all my adventure needs - compartments for my paddle gear, camping gear, kitchen supplies, and anything else life on the road demands. Its aerodynamic design is both spacious and cuts down on wind drag when towing, boosting my gas mileage for those long hauls. Absolutely game changer and perfect for any eager adventurers base camp and beyond." -Rich Manley --------- « L’Alto A2124 est, sans hésiter, ma roulotte

The year is 1979. 🪩 Xerox unveils the future of offices with the 72 dots-per-inch (dpi) Alto. It includes Ethernet, full-page display, a mouse, laser printing, e-mail, and a windows UI. Though its price was steep, it paved the way for giants like Apple Macintosh & Microsoft Windows. 📸 Imagery credits: Xerox #TechThrowback #XeroxAlto #RetroTech | Computer History Museum

Developed in the 1970s by Xerox PARC's Learning Research Group, Smalltalk pioneered overlapping windows, pop-up menus, and paned browsers, all controlled by a mouse. Smalltalk was also one of the earliest object-oriented programming languages, whose graphical interface inspired Steve Jobs and influenced the Lisa and Macintosh computers. 🖥 In this demonstration, recorded in 2017 on a Xerox Alto, Dan Ingalls, Smalltalk’s lead programmer, recreates the famous demos of Smalltalk that were given to