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Xerox Alto

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Developers Xerox
PARC
Operating systemAlto Executive (Exec)
Memory96-512 kB (128 kB for 4000 USD)
Release dateMarch 1, 1973
Units shippedAlto I: 120; Alto II: 2,000
Manufacturers PARC
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Date of Upd.
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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.

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