Changes: Xerox Alto

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The Alto came out of Xerox's original Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), known for giving its research groups substantial freedom and generous funding, and was one of the most innovative computers ever designed. Often called the first personal computer or workstation, it used bit-mapped graphics, a mouse, menus, icons and other features that would prove to be the basic technologies of today's PCs. The designers also created the Ethernet local area networking protocol to link Altos within PARC.

Alto information at bitsavers.org

Parallel Developments

Xerox Alto - Xerox Dorado - Three Rivers PERQ - ETH Lilith

Legacy "trunk"
Preceded by Evans & Sutherland Projects, Stanford AI Labs Projects, Reactive Engine, NLS and FLEX	Xerox Alto	Followed by X Window System and Smalltalk

Word 2008 Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by Bravo

Word 2008 Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by BravoX

Sil Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by Sil

Draw Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by Draw

Photoshop Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by Flyer

Photoshop Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by Markup

PDF/RIA Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by Press

TIB/InConcert Branch
Preceded by ---	Xerox Alto	Followed by Office Talk

ANSI Common Lisp Branch
Influenced by Interlisp	Xerox Alto	Influenced ---

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-| | [[X Window System]]
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+|after=[[Bravo]]
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-| | [[Stanford AI Labs Projects]]
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+|header=[[Word 2008]] Branch
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-| | [[Reactive Engine]]
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
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-| | [[NLS]]
+|after=[[BravoX]]
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-|-
+{{Succession box
-| | [[FLEX]]
+|header=[[Sil]] Branch
-|-
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-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | Parallel Developments
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
-|-
+|after=[[Sil]]
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
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-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
+{{Succession box
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
+|header=[[Draw]] Branch
-|-
-| rowspan=3 | ---
+|before=---
-| rowspan=3 | [[Xerox Alto]]
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
+|after=[[Draw]]
-| [[Three Rivers PERQ|PERQ]]
+}}
-|-
+{{Succession box
-| [[ETH Lilith|Lilith]]
+|header=[[Photoshop]] Branch
-|-
+|before=---
-| [[Xerox Dorado]]
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
-|-
+|after=[[Flyer]]
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[MS Word]]/[[WordPerfect]] Branch
+}}
-|-
+{{Succession box
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
+|header=[[Photoshop]] Branch
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
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-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
-|-
+|after=[[Markup (program)|Markup]]
-| ---
+}}
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
+{{Succession box
-| [[Bravo]]
+|header=[[PDF]]/[[RIA]] Branch
-|-
+|before=---
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[MS Word]]/[[WordPerfect]] Branch
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
-|-
+|after=[[Press]]
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
+}}
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
+{{Succession box
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
+|header=[[TIB/InConcert]] Branch
-|-
-| ---
+|before=---
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
-| | [[BravoX]]
+|after=[[Office Talk]]
+}}
-|-
+{{Influence box
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[Sil]] Branch
+|header=[[ANSI Common Lisp]] Branch
-|-
+|before=[[Interlisp]]
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
+|title=[[Xerox Alto]]
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
+|after=---
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
+}}
-|-
-| ---
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
-| | [[Sil]]
-|-
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[Draw]] Branch
-|-
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
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-| ---
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
-| | [[Draw]]
-|-
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[Photoshop]] Branch
-|-
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
-|-
-| ---
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
-| | [[Flyer]]
-|-
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[Photoshop]] Branch
-|-
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
-|-
-| ---
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
-| | [[Markup (program)|Markup]]
-|-
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[PDF]]/[[RIA]] Branch
-|-
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
-|-
-| ---
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
-| | [[Press]]
-|-
-! colspan="3" style="background:#bbbbff;" | [[TIB/InConcert]] Branch
-|-
-! style="background:#ffdead;" | <b>Preceeded by</b>
-! style="background:#ffaaad;" | <b>Current</b>
-! style="background:#aadead;" | <b>Followed by</b>
-|-
-| ---
-| [[Xerox Alto]]
-| [[Office Talk]]
-|}
 [[Category:Xerox products]]