23 Feb
2009
23 Feb
'09
8:13 a.m.
Given the close connection between Wirth and PARC, perhaps it would be
useful to examine the Alto SLOT card? Together with Alto microcode,
this drove a very early Xerox printer.
(Personal bias: The Alto microtasking is SUCH a clever idea... The SLOT
ran fairly high as I recall in the tasking priority...)