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Published on August 14, 2006 By Draginol In GalCiv Journals

In case anyone's interested, we put up our first video podcast. So if you want to see myself, Kristin Hatcher (who did the voice over for the GalCiv II tutorials and Derek, head on over to the link below).

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Oblivion590

on Aug 15, 2006

The Xerox Alto! You don't have to torture yourself with any more video podcasts as long as you watch that one once.

pdesrivieres@yahoo.com

on Aug 16, 2006

The Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) officially opened its doors on July 1, 1970.
1971-1973 - World's first laser printer
1972 - first version of Smalltalk is deployed, the first object-oriented programming language with an integrated user interface, overlapping windows, integrated documents, and cut & paste editor
1973 - patent memo describing a new networking system uses the term "Ethernet" which will become a global standard for interconnecting computers on local-area networks
1973 - Alto personal computer becomes operational. As it evolves, the Alto will feature the world's first What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) editor, a commercial mouse for input, a graphical user interface (GUI), and bit-mapped display, and will offer menus and icons, link to a local area network and store files simultaneously.

The executives at Xerox did not understand the gold mine they were sitting on! In 1980 Steve Jobs paid US$1 million to visit PARC. He is shown Ethernet, Smalltalk, and the Alto. As a result Apple releases the Lisa in 1983 and the Macintosh in 1984!

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