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Thread Number: 73371
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Restoring a Xerox Parc Alto |
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| Post# 969085 11/20/2017 at 11:49 (2,346 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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The Alto was the computer Steve Jobs was shown (in the mid to late 70's) which gave him the idea to build the Macintosh. Here, someone from way back in my past, is writing of his efforts (joined by others), to get one of these relics back in working order. Ken is extraordinarily detailed, and extremely intelligent. His blog also contains numerous highly informative posts on Bitcoin if that is of interest. I stayed up to the wee hours watching these videos of the work as it has progressed. I am not that much of a tech nerd but these guys are so amazing at what they do I had to watch. Scroll down to see 16 videos on the Alto effort. Enjoy: m.youtube.com/user/mverdiell/vid... CLICK HERE TO GO TO stricklybojack's LINK
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Post# 969096 , Reply# 1 11/20/2017 at 13:20 (2,346 days old) by joeekaitis  (Rialto, California, USA) |
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They were never going to bring the Alto to market . . .  | ||
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Post# 969103 , Reply# 2 11/20/2017 at 13:38 (2,346 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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Speaking of Mr. Scourby . . . | ||
| Post# 969104 , Reply# 3 11/20/2017 at 13:41 (2,346 days old) by johnrk (BP TX) | ||
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Scourby did a great version on audio of our Holy Bible. | ||
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Post# 969186 , Reply# 4 11/21/2017 at 00:40 (2,345 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Liked the sound of the old style keyboards on that Xerox and other machines from that era!Also they were neat to type on!Better than the Dell keyboard I am using now!Those older keyboards felt more like a TYPEWRITER than modern boards do. | ||
| Post# 969200 , Reply# 5 11/21/2017 at 01:47 (2,345 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit) | ||
Keyborards
What you need is an IBM Model M with buckling springs. They have that solid, clicky feel while typing.
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