Disambiguation evidence for Alto personal computer via surface form
"Xerox Alto"
As subject (62)
Triples where this entity appears as subject under the
label "Xerox Alto".
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| CPU | custom microcoded CPU ⓘ |
| architecture | microcoded ⓘ |
| category | Ethernet-based system ⓘ |
| category | graphical workstation ⓘ |
| category | historic computer ⓘ |
| commercialAvailability | limited internal and institutional deployment ⓘ |
| connectedTo | laser printer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer | Xerox PARC ⓘ |
| developer |
Xerox PARC
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
|
| displayOrientation | portrait ⓘ |
| displayResolution | 606×808 pixels ⓘ |
| displayType | bitmapped display ⓘ |
| era | 1970s ⓘ |
| inception | 1973 ⓘ |
| influenced | Apple Lisa ⓘ |
| influenced |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Macintosh
|
| influenced |
Xerox Star system
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Star
|
| influenced | modern graphical user interfaces ⓘ |
| influencedBy | oN-Line System ⓘ |
| inputDevice | 5-key chord keyset ⓘ |
| inputDevice | keyboard ⓘ |
| inputDevice | mouse ⓘ |
| instanceOf | computer workstation ⓘ |
| instanceOf | personal computer ⓘ |
| instanceOf | research prototype ⓘ |
| introduced | 1973 ⓘ |
| locationOfExhibits | Computer History Museum ⓘ |
| locationOfExhibits | Living Computers: Museum + Labs ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Xerox ⓘ |
| networkInterface | Ethernet ⓘ |
| notableFor | desktop metaphor ⓘ |
| notableFor | early graphical user interface ⓘ |
| notableFor | influencing Apple Lisa ⓘ |
| notableFor | influencing Apple Macintosh ⓘ |
| notableFor | influencing Microsoft Windows interfaces ⓘ |
| notableFor | influencing later personal computers ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of a mouse as primary pointing device ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Alto Executive ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Pilot ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Smalltalk environment ⓘ |
| primaryStorageCapacity | 128 kilobytes ⓘ |
| primaryStorageCapacity | 256 kilobytes ⓘ |
| primaryStorageCapacity | 512 kilobytes ⓘ |
| primaryStorageType | dynamic RAM ⓘ |
| secondaryStorageCapacity | 2.5 megabytes ⓘ |
| secondaryStorageType | removable hard disk cartridge ⓘ |
| softwareIncluded |
Bravo text editor
ⓘ
surface form:
Bravo word processor
|
| softwareIncluded | Draw graphics program ⓘ |
| softwareIncluded | Gypsy word processor ⓘ |
| softwareIncluded | Laurel email client ⓘ |
| softwareIncluded |
Smalltalk
ⓘ
surface form:
Smalltalk programming environment
|
| supportedNetworkingProtocol | Ethernet experimental protocol ⓘ |
| unitsProduced | approximately 2000 ⓘ |
| usedAt | Xerox PARC ⓘ |
| usedAt | selected research laboratories ⓘ |
| usedAt | universities ⓘ |
| usedFor | computer networking research ⓘ |
| usedFor | graphical user interface research ⓘ |
| usedFor | office automation research ⓘ |
| usedFor | software development ⓘ |
| wordSize | 16-bit ⓘ |