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Why is the Xerox Alto an important step in computer development?
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Was the Xerox Alto an important step in computer development?
Yes
Who developed the Alto computer?
Xerox
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.
Who invented the alto computer and why was it never introduced to the public?
Xerox Palo Alto
Which was a first computer with GUI and MOUSE?
XEROX Alto
Who made the Xerox Alto?
The Xerox Alto was made by Xerox Corporation at its Palo Alto Research Center in Palo Alto, California.
What is the worst computer ever made?
It's called the Xerox Alto
When was Xerox Alto created?
Xerox Alto was created in 1973.
Was apple the first computer company to introduce the mouse?
No. Xerox was. Their Alto computer inspired Apple and other companies.
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.
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)
When where windows computers invented?
The first computer with a Graphical User Interface and mouse was the Xerox Alto in the late 1970s.
