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Why Alto? Butler Lampson's Historic 1972 Memo

11 pointsby b-manover 14 years ago

2 comments

tygoriusover 14 years ago
I'm a huge fan of Butler Lampson, but I must confess the thing that most struck me at the beginning were the machine specs in contrast to today's machines. 48-64K of 16-bit words with a 10 MB hard drive, woohoo!<p>The display size and orientation is a little disconcerting, though. You mean there was a time when computer screens weren't optimized for playing widescreen movies?
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ChuckMcMover 14 years ago
"Imlacs are wiped out."<p>Priceless. --Chuck