Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

[CuriousMarc]

Next Episode:

https://youtu.be/EDw8U1a6s78

http://www.righto.com/2016/07/restoring-y-combinators-xerox-alto-day_31.html

Marc

 

From: Curious Marc [mailto:curiousmarc3 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 2:01 AM
To: Curious Marc; cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Y Combinator is restoring one of Alan Kay's Xerox Alto machines

 

Ken's in-depth blog post to go with the previous video

http://www.righto.com/2016/07/restoring-y-combinators-xerox-alto-day_11.html


On Jul 5, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Curious Marc <curiousmarc3 at gmail.com> wrote:

Video from yesterday’s work on the Diablo cartridge disc:

https://youtu.be/PR5LkQugBE0

Should be up in a few minutes.

We were tickled pink to have official representation from PARC (former Xerox Parc) at the session.

Marc

 

Ken’s new post on the monitor repair to go with my previous video.

http://www.righto.com/2016/07/restoring-y-combinators-xerox-alto-day.html

Al Kossow got us a new CRT tube, so we are probably going to try that this week-end.
Marc

 

 

Latest entry from Ken Shirriff, trying out BCPL (ancestor of C). On the emulator, not yet on the real machine:

http://www.righto.com/2016/06/hello-world-in-bcpl-language-on-xerox.html

 

Marc

 

There are only two entries right now:

http://www.righto.com/2016/06/y-combinators-xerox-alto-restoring.html

http://www.righto.com/2016/06/restoring-y-combinators-xerox-alto-day.html

Marc