[R-390] Re: Hammarlund in the Subject

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Hammarlund

> I was with Steve Jobs at the NCC (National Computer Conference) when the Xerox
> machine was first
> displayed with a mouse and iconic GUI.  Steve said right then it was a great
> idea.  That led to
> the Lisa which lead to the Mac.  I understand that the visit to Xerox was
> after the NCC.  I have
> almost forgotten, but I think the name of the Xerox system was "Star".
> Correct me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Michael


Hammarlund


Some say that the Lisa was mostly an experimental model that went into
limited production.  I know that you had to do some upgrades on it to get it
to run the first generation of Macintosh software due to code
incompatibilities. Sort of like the 6 byte code incompatibility with IBM
computers and clones, if anyone remembers that fun problem.

I can't remember the name of the Xerox system.


Barry


Hammarlund