Alan Kay recently gave his 1970s Xerox Alto to Y Combinator, and I'm helping with the restoration of this legendary system.. The Alto was the first computer designed around a graphical user ...

In 1972, Xerox released an advert for the Alto, introducing people to the world’s first computer with a graphical user interface, mouse, and distinctive portrait screen.

The Alto used Ethernet to communicate with other computers (another innovation), and the restoration team made sure that worked, too — and not just so the two could talk to each other.

1973 Xerox Alto computer that inspired Paul Allen and others is restored and running at Seattle museum. by Kurt Schlosser on August 2, 2016 at 11:39 am August 2, 2016 at 12:59 pm.

The Story of Steve Jobs, Xerox and Who Really Invented the Personal Computer Published Mar 19, 2016 at 4:00 PM EDT Updated May 29, 2016 at 5:15 PM EDT The Xerox Alto, pictured above, produced only ...

According to the Computer History Museum, Thacker later recalled that the first Xerox Alto cost $12,000 to build, and would have probably been priced at $40,000 if it had gone on sale to the public.

Charles ‘Chuck’ Thacker, lead designer of the Xerox Alto (below), has died at the age of 74, reports Communications. The Alto, launched in 1973, was the first ever computer based on a ...