Disambiguation evidence for Alto personal computer via surface form

"Xerox Alto"


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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