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Developer Xerox PARC
Media 2.5 MB one-platter cartridge
Operating system Alto Executive (Exec)
CPU TTL-based, with the ALU, built around four 74181 MSI chips. It has user-programmable microcode, uses the big-endian format, and a CPU clock of 5.88 MHz
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Was Microsoft Windows was the first Operating System to feature a Graphical User Interface?
Not at all. The first graphical operating system was on the Xerox Alto workstation.
What is the Xerox Alto?
The Xerox Alto was an experimental form of what would now be called a "networked desktop computer." It was developed in the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center before the IMB PC or Apple I hit the market. Xerox deployed the Alto in many of its manufacturing and research locations, as well as within Ginn and Company, a book publisher that was then a Xerox subsidiary. However, the Alto was never offered in the commercial market. The Xerox 6085 (Xerox Star), using using a graphical user interface and operating system ultimately called GlobalView, was derived from the Alto and was eventually offered in the commercial market. It was unable to compete with the less costly PC and Apple Macintosh and was eventually discontinued.
Who made the Xerox Alto?
The Xerox Alto was made by Xerox Corporation at its Palo Alto Research Center in Palo Alto, California.
When was Xerox Alto created?
Xerox Alto was created in 1973.
When was the Xerox Alto developed?
The Xerox Alto was developed in 1973 at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California . The name "Alto" came from the location, Palo Alto. The Alto was a development machine and was not marketed. However, machines based upon the Alto were eventually offered in the marketplace.
What was the first window operating system?
Probably the Xerox one for their experimental prototype Alto computer workstation. That inspired Jobs and Wozniac of Apple to make the one on the Lisa, then the Macintosh.
When was windows developed?
After Mac OS. Mac OS was based on the earlier Xerox Alto system.
Who developed the Alto computer?
Xerox
Did the xerox alto get published?
The Xerox Alto was a machine, not something to be published. It was built and used, but it was a test device and was not made available to the commercial market.
Which computer system became the first commercially successful system to include a Graphic User Interface GUI?
The Xerox Alto was the first computer to use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Who invented the alto computer and why was it never introduced to the public?
Xerox Palo Alto
Who created an operating system that used a WIMP process to control computer?
Xerox
