Xerox Alto
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| Developers | Xerox |
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| PARC | |
| Operating system | Alto Executive (Exec) |
| Memory | 96-512 kB (128 kB for 4000 USD) |
| Release date | March 1, 1973 |
| Units shipped | Alto I: 120; Alto II: 2,000 |
| Manufacturers | PARC |
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| ID | 2456385 |
About Xerox Alto
The Xerox Alto is the first computer designed from its inception to support an operating system based on a graphical user interface, later using the desktop metaphor. The first machines were introduced on 1 March 1973, a decade before mass-market GUI machines became available.