On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Larry Groebe wrote: > >Is there someone to contact by phone to see if there will be

> >available? > > > >thanks > > > >Kai > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Doug Yowza [mailto:yowza@yowza.com] > >Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 3:17 PM > >To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers > >Subject: Final Xerox Star demo > > > > > >>Xerox PARC is giving one final demonstration of the original Xerox

> >>workstation built in 1981. This may be the last time it gets > >>demoed, as the hardware has begun failing due to its age. Don't

> >>this opportunity to witness one of the most important steps ever

> >>the history of computing and user interface design. > > > Better yet, has anyone given thought to the viability of building a

Not terribly. IIRC, there was a discernable lag between keystroke and the appearance of the character on the monitor screen! - don donm(a)cts.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Don Maslin - Keeper of the Dina-SIG CP/M System Disk Archives Chairman, Dina-SIG of the San Diego Computer Society Clinging tenaciously to the trailing edge of technology. Sysop - Elephant's Graveyard (CP/M) - 619-454-8412 *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* see old system support at http://www.psyber.com/~tcj visit the "Unofficial" CP/M Web site at http://cdl.uta.edu/cpm with Mirror at http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~cfs/cpm