The Xerox Alto, precursor to modern PCs, turns 30 this month. How Digital Pioneers Put the ‘Personal’ in PC’s. PALO ALTO, Calif. By John Markoff, on the New York Times: Technology site:
THE modern personal computer came to life three decades ago this month when a group of Xerox engineers projected an image of Cookie Monster from “Sesame Street” onto the screen of an unfinished machine known as the Alto.