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To: i-node who wrote (544765)1/18/2010 8:51:56 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574380
 
OK. You answered the TRS 80 question what about the first one?

Thought I'd start out with a couple of lob balls. g



To: i-node who wrote (544765)1/18/2010 10:33:11 PM
From: bentway1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574380
 
He can't answer the first question, but I can. It was the Xerox "Star" system, that had a mouse and a GUI (in 1981!), but cost $20,000!

thocp.net

Jobs stole the GUI and the mouse, but didn't really the steal the OS, which was object oriented and Smalltalk based. I wish he had! It was light-years ahead of what Apple put behind the glass.


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