Imagesource: https://spectrum.ieee.org/

In Issue #13, we last talked about PARC's Xerox Alto. Long time. Way too long. ⏰

The machine, whose basic concepts can still be found today, not just influenced and shaped modern system's GUI as cited so often. There is much more. Ethernet, Smalltalk, Laurel, WYSIWYG ... so many ideas that were born during development of this marvel still influence our handling and understanding of technology today.

spectrum.ieee.org is known for taking a closer look at just such notches in the universe of computing history. And in the case of the Xerox Alto, David C. Brock aka @dcbrock has done us this much-appreciated favor with a great deal of dedication, precision and time.

The result is his latest article, which is not only well worth reading, but also brings to light enough content that was not necessarily common knowledge until now.

Great reading material.