[R-390] Re: Hammarlund in the Subject [OT Star]

Fri, 01 Feb 2002 08:49:59 +0200

Hi

Confirm the ill-fated 'Star' was the Xerox system. Ill fated because it
was a commercial disaster - I havea picture of one somewhere. I read
somewhere that people had been experimenting with Windows based OS's
back in the 'sixties though.

Bryce
(Gave up collecting old computers.)

>>> "rbethman" <[email protected]> 02/01/02 01:32AM >>>
I seem to remember "Gem".  It is going back aways.  The stuff came on
a
8inch floppy.  Now I know I'm getting old...

Bob N0DGN

> On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 01:01:46PM -0800, Michael Watts wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I don't remember "Star" as an in-house name, but it could have
> been the "Dorado" or Goldfish", maybe, under a different name.
> Just A Guess.
>
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