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This took place way before that technology existed. The CPU (ALU + Control Unit) was built from individual chips. The Alto dates from 1973, and Intel's 4004 m
by chiph 10y ago
This took place way before that technology existed. The CPU (ALU + Control Unit) was built from individual chips.
The Alto dates from 1973, and Intel's 4004 microprocessor dates from a year or two before (and was used to run a calculator, not a personal networked workstation)
- lisper 10y agoWikipedia has a detailed description of the hardware design: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto#Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto#Architecture