#xeroxalto — Public Fediverse posts
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It is widely known that the #XeroxAlto pioneered many aspects of modern computing, or at least integrated them into the #userInterface we still use today.
But it also featured the first #modalEditor with #Bravo (although they eventually replaced it with the modeless #BravoX).
https://oldbytes.space/@amoroso/115422978986104778
#modalEditing #vi #vim #BillJoy #unix #posix #xerox #alto #gui #editor
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How the developers of Bravo at Xerox PARC overcame the limitations of Alto to design the first WYSIWYG editor and make it run efficiently.
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TIL why the default Ethernet MTU is 1500!
#Ethernet #ComputerHistory #XeroxAlto #XeroxPARC
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This looks to be the exact #LOGO turtle that was used at my school when I was young. It’s from a video by Computer History Museum called Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto │Smalltalk-76 Demo where Dan Ingalls walks through using Smalltalk-76. The video ends with a tour of the Learning Research Group (LRG) at Xerox PARC that shows the turtle next to a giant roll of paper for the turtle to draw on. 🐢 #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #XeroxPARC #XeroxAlto #PenPlotter
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Regarding your tweet
🧷 https://twitter.com/dcbrock/status/1422574574768640010
Does this ⬇️ anecdotal report by #AlanKay shed some light on the similarity?
🧷 (Quora) https://qr.ae/pGDJb6
See also
🦎 https://telegram.me/FamilyOfLisp/538
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🏷️ #LispMachine #MITAILab #Apple #AppleMac #MITCADR #SteveJobs #Scheme #Lisp #CommonLisp #XeroxAlto #XeroxParc #Notetaker #Smalltalk #AdeleGoldberg #DanIngalls #LarryTesler #AppleLisa #Interlisp #XeroxDorado #XeroxDolphin #XeroxDandelion