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I think you're thinking of the Xerox "Star", not the "Alto": http://toastytech.com/guis/star.html http://toastytech.com/guis/star.html
by shawnz 5y ago
I think you're thinking of the Xerox "Star", not the "Alto":
http://toastytech.com/guis/star.html http://toastytech.com/guis/star.html
- FullyFunctional 5y agoGreat link. This is a super interesting write up on the development of the Darkstar emulator, complete with many screenshots: https://engblg.livingcomputers.org/index.php/2019/01/19/introducing-darkstar-a-xerox-star-emulator/ https://engblg.livingcomputers.org/index.php/2019/01/19/intr... "Someone" should make a scaled model of the 6085 (Daybreak) and stuff a darkstar emulator in there. ADD: I cry salty tears that I didn't make it to The Living Computer Museum before they closed.
- larsbrinkhoff 5y agoLCM isn't gone, just hibernating.
- FullyFunctional 5y agoI never understood why Paul Allen didn't secure LCM's continued existence when he knew the end was near. It must have been easily within his means.
- larsbrinkhoff 5y agoI'd like to point out that LCM has been offering guest logins to vintage computers all along. Some hardware, some emulated. https://www.livingcomputers.org/Computer-Collection/Online-Systems.aspx https://www.livingcomputers.org/Computer-Collection/Online-S... https://wiki.livingcomputers.org/doku.php https://wiki.livingcomputers.org/doku.php
- killion 5y agoYou are right, I thought the Star was just the commercialized version of the Alto. The Star looks much more like the Xerox Docutech that I got to use a little bit in school.