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Abramson, Norman, 186

Adobe Systems, 374, 396

Advanced Research Projects Agency. See ARPA

Advanced Systems Division (ASD), 282–84, 357

commercialization of Alto and, 278, 283–86

Alarm clock worm, 298

ALOHAnet, xiv, 186–87, 189

Alpha, 198

Altair 8800, xvi, 323, 333, 334

Alto, xv, xix–xxiv, xxvii, 141, 163, 167–77, 212, 224–25, 233, 261, 274, 303, 321, 324, 326, 330, 333, 357, 389, 395

Apple and, 335–36, 338–43

asynchronous architecture and, 252–53

Bilbo and, 326

Bravo and, 194–95, 198–200, 208–9, 210, 283, 310

BravoX and, 283

commercialization of, xvi, xxvii, 278, 282–88, 357, 392–93

Cookie Monster and, xv, xxii–xxiii, 81, 198, 231, 233

cost of, 176

diagnostic program for, 294

display of, 171, 172–75, 176, 239

Draw and, 212

Elkind and, 168, 175, 278, 282–84

Ellenby and, 261–65, 268, 278, 283, 284–88

Ethernet and, 141, 176, 184–93, 212, 250, 251, 343

Futures Day and, 266, 271–72, 278, 280, 393

Goldman and, 278, 282–83

Gypsy and, 194–95, 207–10, 283

interactivity and, xxi, 169, 170–71, 172–73

Kay and, xv, xxi, 167–68, 169, 170, 175, 220–28, 239, 283, 316

Kearns and, 286, 287, 288

Lampson and, xv, 141, 167–68, 171, 173–74, 175–76, 194, 195, 198, 206, see also Bravo

manufacturing process and, 261–62

Markup and, 212

MAXC and, 175, 176

McCreight and, 141, 169, 176–77

musical synthesizer and, 221

OfficeTalk and, 285

Penguin and, 285

POLOS and, 205–7, 210, 307

at public school, 222–24, 314–15

reset switch and, 289

SIL and, 212, 319

Simonyi and, 283, 284, 357

Smalltalk and, 220–21, 222–23

software course for executives using, 274–75

success of, 211–12

Taylor and, 3, 170–71, 205–6, 211

text editor for, 194, 195, 198, see also Bravo

Thacker and, xv, xix–xxiv, 4, 141, 163, 167–77, 174, 175, 212, 250–51, 289

Twang and, 221–22

Worm crashing, 289–90, 294–98

Xerox and, 285–88, 392, 393, 395

Xerox Model 850 versus, 264, 265, 274

Alto II, 262–63

Alto III, 263–65, 268, 350

850 word processor versus, 264, 265, 283

Ames Research Center, 197

Apple Computer, 329, 369–70

Apple II and, 332, 357, 358

eMate and, 321

Goldberg and, 330, 335–36, 337, 338–40

Hall and, 334–35, 337, 338, 339, 340

Jobs and, xvi, xvii, xxiii, 329–45, 369–70, 389, 391

Lisa and, xvii, xviii, 337–38, 341–42, 343, 344

Macintosh and, xvi, xvii, xviii, xxiv, 329, 340, 341–42, 343, 344, 370, 389, 391, 395–96

Microsoft versus, xxv, 395–96

size of, 392

Smalltalk and, 335–36, 338–43

Tesler and, 330, 333–34, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340–41, 342, 344–45

VisiCalc and, 332

Wozniak and, xvi, 332

Architecture of information, 394

Archival memory, 123

Argus 700, 262

ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency), 11–12, 13, 14, 42–43, 118

ARPANET and, 43–46, 48, 78

Augmentation Research Center and, 64, 65

Berkeley 500 and, 78

grants of, 61

graphics and, 43, 231

Illiac IV and, 197

Licklider and, 11, 12–14, 18, 44

LINC and, 42

Mansfield Amendment and, 47–48

PDP—10 and, 98

Pup shared with, 291–93

research conferences and, 16–17

Taylor and, 14–20, 42–43, 90, 146

University of Utah and, 90

Vietnam War and, 45–47

See also IPTO

ARPANET, xiii, 48, 78, 171, 180, 184, 266

IMPs and, 118, 320

as “internet,” 291–93

MAXC and, 115, 183–84

PDP—10 and, 98

POLOS Novas and, 189

Pup and, 291–93

Taylor and, 8, 43–45, 48

VLSI and, 310

Artificial intelligence, 91, 98

Bobrow and, 121, 237, 261

ASCII, 135, 139

“As We May Think” (Bush), 63

Asynchronous architecture, 252–53

Atkinson, Bill, 340, 342–43

Atlantic Richfield Company, 284

AT&T, 30, 53, 57, 391

Augmentation Research Center, 63–67

Aurora Systems, 241

 

Ballmer, Steve, 358–59

Bardeen, John, 57, 160

Barker, Ben, 180

Bates, Roger, 173

Bauer, Bob, 59

Beat the Dealer (Thorp), 146

Beaudelaire, Patrick, 212, 231

Becker, Joe, 369

Bell, Alexander Graham, xxiii

Belleville, Bob, 250–52, 253, 369–70

Bendix LGP30 computer, 70

Berkeley Computer Corporation, xiv, 68–69, 73–79, 106, 107–8, 197, 230

500 computer and, 76, 78, 109

Genie and, 69, 70, 72–73

1 computer and, 74–76

Biegelsen, David, 52–53, 58, 152

“Biggerism,” Thacker and, xx, 75

Bilbo, 326

Billboard worm, 298

BitBlt, Ingalls and, xv, 226–28, 342

Bitmapped screen

Alto and, 173–74, 272

Star and, 362, 364

Blue books, 291

Bobrow, Daniel G., 261, 376, 399

artificial intelligence and, 121, 237, 261

Bolt, Beranek & Newman and, 121, 280, 301

Elkind and, 280, 281, 282

Boeing Corporation, 284

Boggs, David R., 178–79, 399

Alto and, 294

Ethernet and, 141, 176, 187–92

Futures Day and, 267, 272

Novas and, 188

Worm and, 290–91

Bolt, Beranek & Newman, 76, 118, 119, 120, 121, 180, 265–66, 280, 301, 320

Boolean logic, 109, 304

“Bose Conspiracy,” 152–53

Box Named Joe, A, 222

Brand, Stewart

Rolling Stone and, xv, 155–62, 204, 223

Whole Earth Catalog and, 157

Bravo, 208–9, 210, 227, 283, 310, 373

Lampson and, 194, 195, 198, 199, 201

Simonyi and, xv, 194–95, 198–201

BravoX, 283–84, 285, 364

Simonyi and, 283, 357, 360

Brittain, William, 57

Brooks, Frederick, 74, 76

Brown, John Seely, 302, 386, 399

Brunner, John, 295–96, 297, 298–99

Brushes, Alto and, 174

Building 34, 140

Burroughs, 24, 89, 101

Bush, Vannevar, 63–64, 67, 122

Buvall, Bill, 64

 

C++, xiv

Campbell, Sandy, 381–82

“Capability Investment Proposal” (Ellenby), 285, 286–87, 288

Card, Stuart, 302

Carlson, Chester, 22, 35, 130, 350, 393

Carnegie-Mellon, 43

Carter, Jimmy, 283–84

Carter, Shelby H., 285–86, 287, 363

CD-ROM, 55, 123

Cedar, 325

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 336

Character generator. See Research Character Generator

Cheadle, Ed, 93

Checksum, Ethernet and, 190–91

Chess machine (IBM PC), 360, see also IBM

Children

LOGO and, 91–92

Minicom and, 164, 165

Notetaker and, 327–28

Smalltalk and, 92, 222–24, 314–15

Chowning, John, 221

Cisco Systems, 390

CIT, 29

Citibank, 248, 249

Citicorp, 249

Clarke, Arthur C., 298–99

Clark, James

Geometry Engine and, xvii, 300–301, 311

Silicon Graphics Incorporated and, xvii, 301, 311

VLSI and, 310–11

Clark, Wes, 4, 13, 69, 79, 92, 119, 265

IMPs and, 118

LINC and, 41–43, 320

TX—2 and, 13, 14, 41, 90, 110, 176–77, 212

COBOL, 101–2

Color computer monitor, 211

Color graphics, Superpaint and, 229–41

Color printer, Futures Day and, 271

Commercial division. See Systems Development Division

Commercialization

of Alto, xvi, xxvii, 278, 282–88, 357, 392–93

of Ethernet, xvii, 363–64, 392

of laser printer, 141–44, 395

size of company and, 392–93

of Star, xviii, 395–96

Committee for Green Foothills, 254

Commodore PET, 323, 333, 334

Compact audio discs, 123

Compact disks, 55

Computer-aided design, 301

“Computer as a Communications Device, The” (Taylor and Licklider), 8–9

Computer games, 154

Computer monitor, color, 211

Computer-on-a-chip, 334

Computer Science Laboratory (CSL), 61, 62, 95, 177, 181–82, 354–55

Bear Hollow resort offsite and, 376–77

BitBlt and, 227–28

Bravo and, 227

Building 34 and, 140

collegiality and, 151, 152

conflicts with other labs and, 371–73

Dealer and, 145–50

Dorado and, 318–21, 322, 324–26, 327

Elkind and, 118–21, 279–82

graphics and, 55, 373

management of, 54

Minicom and, 164–67

networking and, 185

office of the future and, 233, 235, 237

PDP—10 and, 98, 103, 105, 106, 108, see also MAXC

PDP—11 and, 248

POLOS and, 206

resignations from, 384, 385–86

Rolling Stone and, 157, 161

Shoup and, 229–40

Superpaint and, 229–40

System Center and, 356

Taylor and, xiv, 55, 279, 280, 281, 375–87

VLSI and, 305, 309

See also Alto

Congress, 284

Control Data, 24, 101

6600 and, 89

Conway, Lynn A., 149, 399

internal conflict and, 372–73

Sierra and, 306

VLSI and, xvi, 300, 304–11

Cookie Monster, Alto and, xv, xxii–xxiii, 81, 198, 231, 233

Copiers, 36, 347, 348, 393

Eastman Kodak and, 259, 269

IBM and, xiv, 56, 259

Japan and, 259, 313, 394

Moses and, 268–69

1970s and, 55–56

pricing regime of, 392–93

size of Xerox and, 392–93

Xerox Model 914 and, 22, 35, 55–56, 256, 274

Xerox Model 3100 and, 312–13

Xerox Model 7000 and, 138, 142, 143

Xerox Model 9000 and, 143–44

Core memories, 110–11

Cost analysis, 390

“Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits” (Moore), 89

Creative destruction model, Schumpeter and, 392

Crocker, Steve, 185

Culbertson, Dave, 361

Currie, Rigdon, 19, 99–100, 103, 104, 255–56

Curry, Jim, 54, 231

 

Dandelion, 252–53

Data General, 184

Data processing, 100–103

Data Processing Financial and General, 74

Dealer, 145–50, 182, 281, 308, 382

Deep Blue, 296

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 48, see also ARPA

Desktop metaphor, Star and, 364

Desktop publishing, 194–210

Bravo and, 194–95, 198–201, 208–9, 210, 227, 283, 310, 373

Gypsy and, xv, 194–95, 207–10, 223

See also VLSI

Dessauer, John H., 22, 23, 133, 350

Deutsch, Barbara, 146

Deutsch, L. Peter, 70–72, 78, 118, 146, 227, 230, 280, 399

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 69

Cedar and, 325

Genie and, 72–73

Pendery Papers and, 124

Diagnostic program, for Alto, 294

DiFrancesco, David, 240

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), 5

MAXC and, 7

PDP—1 and, 71, 72

PDP—10 and, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104–6, 108

Systems Research Center and, 385–86

VAX—11/780 and, 325

Xerox and, 24–25

Xerox-Intel-DEC Ethernet standard and, xvii, 364

Digital photo-optical media, 123

Disk controller, 112

Disney, Walt, Company, Kay and, 81, 82, 83

Display

Alto and, 171, 172–75, 176, 239

Augmentation Research Center and, 65

flat-panel, 93–94

Licklider and, 10, 13–14

Minicom and, 164

Pendery Papers and, 124

Star and, 364, 365–66

Taylor and, 8–9, 124

Display Word Processing Task Force, Alto III and, 263, 265

D machines, 253

Dolphin, 250–53, 320

Dorado, xvii, 318–21, 322, 324–26, 327

Doriot, Georges, 25

Dover, 265–66, 310

Draw, 212

Duvall, William, 205, 307, 399

Dynabook, xiii, 94, 163, 164, 175, 211, 216, 321, 327, 336

Minicom and, 163–67

 

EARS, 141–42, 191–92

Eastman Kodak, 56, 259, 269

ECL (emitter-coupled logic), 320

8010 Information System. See Star

850 word processor, Alto III versus, 264, 265, 283

Electro-Optical Systems, 33, 133

1103 memories, 110–11, 114

Elkind, Jerome I., 158, 167, 181, 192, 215, 237, 240, 255, 261, 266, 282, 320, 357, 361, 399

Advanced Systems Division and, 278, 282–84

Alto and, 168, 175, 278, 282–84

Bolt, Beranek & Newman and, 118, 119, 120, 301

Computer Science Laboratory and, 118–21, 279–82

Minicom and, 165–66, 167

Pake and, 119–21, 280, 282

Taylor and, 118–19, 120–21, 279

Ellenby, John, 211, 260–66, 390, 399–400

Alto and, 261–65, 268, 278, 283, 284–88

cost analysis and, 390

Futures Day and, 266–73

Grid Systems and, 287–88

laser printer (Dover) and, 265–66

E-mail, xxv, 123, 212

eMate, 321

Emmy, for Shoup and Xerox, 241

Engelbart, Douglas C., 4, 123, 157, 166, 180, 201, 203, 205, 206, 210, 228, 250

Augmentation Research Center and, 63–67

interactivity and, 4, 64

memex and, 66

mouse and, 4, 65–66, 210

NLS and, 65, 67, 207

English, William K., 67, 157, 164, 166–67, 176, 188, 203, 205, 206, 215, 307

Minicom and, 166–67

POLOS and, 307

Star and, 369

Ergonomics, 302, 307

Ether, Ethernet and, 188, 190

Ethernet, xiv, 141, 176, 261, 290, 390

Alto and, 141, 176, 184–93, 212, 250, 251, 343

Boggs and, 141, 176, 187–92

commercialization of, xvii, 363–64, 392

e-mail and, 212

Futures Day and, 271

Metcalfe and, xiv, xv, 141, 176, 184–93, 323, 324, 363

Notetaker and, 323–24

polling program for (Worm), 289–90, 293–99

Pup for, 291–93

Systems Development Division and, 249

Xerox-Intel-DEC Ethernet standard and, xvii, 364

Ethernet-polling program (Worm), 289–90, 293–99

Evans, David, 43, 48, 72, 73, 90, 92–93

Existential worm, 298

Exxon, 391

 

Facilitator, 180

Fairbairn, Douglas, 327, 400

Notetaker and, 322, 324–26

POLOS and, 307

VLSI and, 305, 306–7, 308, 309, 310

Fairchild Semiconductor Co., 89

Fall Joint Computer Conference (1968), 65–66, 67

Fax, 272, 307, 308

Ferranti & Co., 260, 262, 288

Ferrite core memory, 110

Fiala, Edward R., 78, 400

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 76–77

Bolt, Beranek and Newman and, 76

Dorado and, 324

MAXC and, 110, 113–14

File servers, 272

Fisher, Fritz, 236–37

Flegal, Robert, 54, 147, 231

FLEX machine, 79, 93–94, 109

Floating-point bug, Fiala and, 113–14

Floppy disk, 123

FM, 221

Ford, Henry, II, 30

Ford Motor Company, 22, 27, 28, 30, 34–35

Forrester, Jay, 110

Frame buffer, 231

Superpaint and, 229–41

Fuji Xerox, 369

Futures Day, xvi–xvii, 266–73, 373

Alto and, 266, 271–72, 278, 280, 393

software course for executives following, 274–78

 

Galeener, Frank, 40

Galley editor, 340

Gandalf, 326

Garage, Dorado and, 321, 322, 324–26, 327

“Gates,” DEC and, 108–9

Gates, Bill, xvi, xxiii, xxv, 358–60, 398

General Electric, 18, 24, 101, 393

General Science Laboratory (GSL), 50, 215, 355

collegiality and, 152

management by, 55

salary and, 61

Science Center and, 356

solid-state technologies and, 55

Genie, 25, 43, 100

ARPA and, 18–20

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 69, 70, 72–73

“Geometry Engine,” James Clark and, xvii, 300–301, 311

Geschke, Charles M. (Chuck), 148–49, 282, 373, 400, 403

Adobe Systems and, 374, 396

“Bose Conspiracy” and, 152–53

departure of, 395

Futures Day and, 266–67, 273

Interpress and, 373, 374

on Xerox, 396

Ginn & Co., 203–5, 207–10

Glavin, Bill, 385

Goldberg, Adele, 92, 215, 216, 222, 223, 244, 278, 330, 400

Apple and, 330, 335–36, 337, 338–40

Notetaker and, 317, 318, 321–22

Smalltalk and, 328, 335, 336, 386

software course following Futures Day and, 275, 276–77

Goldeen, Marian, 222, 223

Goldman, Jacob E. (Jack), xiii, 29–32, 57, 132, 133–34, 223–24, 244, 400

Alto and, 278, 282–83

collegiality and, 59–60

Computer Science Laboratory and, 61

copier and, 128

Coyote Hill Road building and, 254

demotion of, 346–47, 349–52

laser printer and, 141, 142–43, 390, 394–95

McColough and, 346, 347, 350, 351

Pake and, xiii, 34–38, 346, 351–52

PARC dedication and, 53, 54

PARC’s ambiance and, 277–78

proposal for PARC (“Advanced Scientific & Systems Laboratory”) and, xiii, 29–32

recruitment and, 153–54

Rolling Stone and, 160

salary scale and, 61

software course following Futures Day and, 274, 275

Systems Development Division and, 243

Tribus and, 348, 349

Xerox’s purchase of Scientific Data Systems and, 21–22, 23–24, 25, 27–28

Graphical user interface, xvi, 141, 389

Alto and, 342, 343

BitBlt and, 226–28

Bravo and, 208

Engelbart and, 4, 64

Lisa and, 342

POLOS and, 203

Star and, 362, 364

See also Icons; Pop-up menus

Graphics, xxv, 55, 61

Bravo and, 208–9

Licklider and, 13–14

Sketchpad and, 90–91

Smalltalk and, 220

Superpaint and, 229–41

Taylor and, 15, 43, 90, 231

University of Utah and, 90, 92–93, 231, 311

VLSI and, 303–11

Greybeards, 320, 376, 382, 383–84

Grid Systems, 288

Gunning, William F. (Bill), 49, 54–55, 62, 94, 95, 120, 148, 244

Apple and, 334–35

Gypsy, Mott and Tesler and, xv, 194–95, 207–10, 283

 

Hall, Harold H., 148–49, 224, 242, 243–45, 352, 355, 378, 390

Apple and, 334–35, 337, 338, 339, 340

Science Center and, 356

Haloid Company, 22, 35

Hardwired computer, DEC and, 108–9

Hardy, 212

Harrold, Greg, 80

Herzfeld, Charles, 44, 45, 47

Hewlett, Bill, 53

Hewlett-Packard, 53, 332, 342, 393

Hidden-line problem, 93

Hoefler, Don, xiv

Holography, Starkweather and, 129

Homebrew Computer Club, 324, 334, 344

Honeywell, 24, 101, 118, 256

HSV transform, Superpaint and, 236

Hupp, Jon, 294

Hypertext, 59, 66

 

IBM, xxvi, 24, 25, 26, 243, 305

Chess machine and, 360, see also Personal Computer (PC)

copiers and, xiv, 56, 259

data processing and, 100–101

Deep Blue and, 296

electric typewriters and, xxiii, 51

1401 and, 84

laser printer and, 390

Metaphor and, 370

network and, 184, 363–64

Personal Computer (PC) and, xviii, xxiv, 212, 360, 368–69, 370, 389, 391, 395

standardized architectures and, 88

305 RAMAC and, 87–88, 89

time-sharing and, 19

Yorktown Heights research center, 30

Icons, xvi, 389

Alto and, 174

Gypsy and, 209

Star and, 365

Ideaspace Central, 80–81, 83, 92, 149–50, 167, 214, 215, 217, 235, 316, 397

Illiac IV, 78, 197

IMPs (Interface Message Processors), 118, 320

Information Processing Techniques Office. See IPTO

Information Technology Group, 347, 362

Ingalls, Daniel H., 214, 216, 217, 224, 227, 228, 330, 400

Apple and, 341

BitBlt and, xv, 226–28, 342

Sigma—3 and, 214

Smalltalk and, 316–17

Integrated Circuits laboratory (IC lab), 353–54, 356

Integrated circuits, silicon-based

IC lab and, 353–54, 356

VLSI and, 303–11

See also Microprocessors

Integrated circuit technologies, Pendery Papers and, 123

Integrated software, 364

Intel, 303, 305, 307, 311, 312, 317, 334

8008 chip and, 303

8086 chip and, 322–23

1103 chip and, 110–11, 116, 294

4004 chip and, 303, 306

Xerox-Intel-DEC Ethernet standard and, xvii, 364

x86/Pentium and, 322

Intelligent Systems Laboratory, 386

Interactive video conferencing, Augmentation Research Center and, 65

Interactivity, 4, 14, 66–67, 79, 141, 203

Alto and, xxi, 169, 170–71, 172–73

Augmentation Research Center and, 63–67

Licklider and, 9, 12–13

mouse and, 65, 66

NLS and, 65, 67, 207, 210

Sketchpad and, 14

Taylor and, 5, 15, 17–20, 49, 62–67, 79, 169, 184, 185

See also ARPANET; Ethernet; Graphical user interface; Internet; Networks

Interface Message Processors. See IMPs

Interlisp, 113–14

Internet, xxv, 5, see also ARPANET

“Internet,” protocol linking, 291–93

Interpress, 373–74

Intrapreneuring, Mead and, 311–13

IPTO (Information Processing Techniques Office), 12, see also ARPA

Irby, Charles, 362, 366

 

Japan, 384

copiers and, 259, 394

Star and, 369

Java, xiv

Jeffers, Chris, 86–87, 145, 147, 151, 215, 216, 224, 400

Jerrold tap, 191

Jobs, Steven P., xvi, xvii, xxiii, 329–45, 369–70, 389, 391

Johnson, Clifton, 86

Johnson, Lyndon B., 45–46

Johnson, Ron, 366

Jones, Richard E., 58, 62, 95, 117, 254

“Bose Conspiracy” and, 152–53

PARC dedication and, 53, 54

PARC facility set up by, 38–40

Rolling Stone and, 155, 156

SLOT and, 141

softball team and, 150–51

Jordan School, Smalltalk taught at, 222–24, 314–15

Jurassic Park, xxv

 

Kaehler, Ted, 210, 215, 217, 225, 297, 400

Ooze and, 276–77

Twang and, 221–22

Kay, Alan C., 17, 79–96, 107–8, 116, 122, 128, 145, 147, 150, 163, 166–67, 187–88, 213–26, 234, 240–41, 244, 307, 308, 385, 391, 400

Alto and, xv, xxi, 167–68, 169, 170, 175, 220–28, 239, 283, 316

Alto III and, 265

BitBlt and, 226–28

“Bose Conspiracy” and, 152–53

childhood of, 85–88

children and, 164, 165, 167, 222–24, 314–15

Dealer and, 146

departure from PARC, 327–28

Disney and, 81, 82, 83

display and, 124, 173–74

dissertation (“The Reactive Engine”) and, xiii, 93–94

Dynabook and, xiii, 94, 163, 164, 175, 211, 216, 321, 327, 336

Ethernet and, 190

FLEX machine and, 79, 93–94, 109

graphical user interface and, 141

graphics and, 91

Lisa and, 343

Microcode and, 109–10

Minicom and, 163–67

Notetaker and, 317–19, 321–24, 326–27

Novas and, 167

object-oriented programming and, 219–20

Pajaro Dunes and, 216, 316, 317, 328

PDP—10 and, 106

personal computer and, 81, 89, 93–94, 95

programming and, 83–84, 85–86, 88–89, 92, 218–19

Rolling Stone and, 81, 157, 158, 160, 161–62

Smalltalk and, 92, 164, 217–18, 220–21, 222–24, 314–16, 317

software course following Futures Day and, 275, 276

University of Utah and, 81, 90–93

See also Ideaspace Central; Learning Research Group

Kearns, David T., 270, 285–86, 350–51, 352, 381, 385–86

Alto and, 286, 287, 288

copiers and, 394

Futures Day and, 273

Greybeards and, 383–84

intrapreneuring and, 312–13

PARC culture and, 278

software course following Futures Day and, 274

Kennedy, John F., 11

Keyset, POLOS and, 201

KiddiComp. See Dynabook

Kissinger, Henry, 269

 

Laboratory Instrument Computer. See LINC

Lahr, Roy, 334–35, 338, 339, 340

Lampson, Butler W., 69–70, 71, 78, 94, 118, 227, 230, 250, 282, 305, 306, 384, 391, 400

Alto and, xv, 141, 167–68, 171, 173–74, 175–76, 194, 195, 198, 206, see also Bravo

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 69–70, 74–75, 76, 77, 107–8, 197

Bravo and, 194, 195, 198, 199, 201

Dandelion and, 252–53

Dealer and, 149–50

DEC Systems Research Center and, 385

Dorado and, 320, 321

1103 and, 111

Ethernet and, 188, 192

Genie and, 72–73

IC lab and, 353–54

Interpress and, 373

microcode and, 109

Microsoft and, 397

Notetaker and, 318

PDP—10 and, 105, 106, 108

POLOS and, 207

Research Character Generator and, 138–41

software and, 212–13

Star and, 362

Superpaint and, 237–38

Systems Development Division and, 367

Taylor and, 6–7, 378, 383

VLSI and, 309

on Xerox, 396

LANs (local area networks), 291–93

Lanza, 71

Laptop computers, 288

Large-scale integration. See LSI

Laser, Maiman’s ruby device and, 128–29

Laser printers, xxv, xxvii, 31, 55, 127–44, 185, 265–66, 348, 378, 390, 394–95

commercialization of, 141–44, 395

Dover and, 265–66, 310

Ethernet and, 191–92

Goldman and, 141, 142–43, 390, 394–95

IBM and, 390

Interpress and, 373

Lawrence Livermore and, 350

Penguin and, 285

Pimlico and, 271

Research Character Generator and, 138–41

SLOT and, 127–38, 139, 140, 141, 143

spinoff for, 394–95

Starkweather and, xiv, 152, 185

Xerox and, 127–28, 129, 131–34, 143–44, 390, 394–95

Xerox Model 7000 and, 143

Xerox Model 9700 and, 144, 271, 390

Laurel, 212

Learning Research Group, 214–17, 275, 328, 386

Alto and, 169, 220–28, 239, 276

graphical user interface and, 141

Jobs and, 337, 338, 341

Notetaker and, 321–24, 327

Ooze and, 276–77

Smalltalk and, 163–64, 220–28, 276, 316

Legal department, of Xerox, xxvi–xxvii, 223, 291–93

Leibovitz, Annie, 158

Lennox, Donald, 243, 244–45, 246

Lewis, Jack, 144, 390

Licklider, J.C.R., 119

ARPA and, 11, 12–14, 18, 44

ARPANET and, 44

display and, 10, 13–14

ergonomics and, 302

interactivity and, 9, 12–13

Taylor and, 8–9, 11, 15

time-sharing and, 18

Liddle, David, 191, 192, 248–49, 366, 401

Ethernet and, 363–64

Metaphor Computer and, 370

Star and, 361–62, 363, 369, 370

Systems Development Division and, 242–43, 245, 248–49, 252, 278

LINC (Laboratory Instrument Computer), 41–43, 211, 265, 320

Lincoln Lab (MIT), 42, 45

Lisa (Apple), xvii, xviii, 337–38, 341–42, 343, 344

Lisp, 98, 113, 114, 121, 220

Livermore, Lawrence, National Laboratory, 142, 350, 390

Local area networks. See LANs

LOGO, 91–92, 164, 222

Lost decade, 55–57, 394

Low-end computing, 358

LSI (large-scale integration), 303

Lucas, George, 240

Lucasfilm, 240

Lucovsky, Gerald, 55, 215

Luggable computers, 326

Lyman, Richard, 53

 

MacBird, Bonnie, 82, 328

McCardell, Archie, 255, 264, 265, 270, 274, 347, 350, 362

McColough, C. Peter, 36, 384, 394

Alto III and, 268

copiers and, 394

data processing and, 99–100

Goldman and, 346, 347, 350, 351

Goldman’s proposal for PARC and, 29, 31–32

intrapreneuring and, 312

laser printer spinoff and, 395

Moses and, 269

Odyssey and, 255–56

PARC dedication and, 53, 54

software course following Futures Day and, 274

Systems Development Division and, 255, 259

Xerox’s purchase of Scientific Data Systems and, xiii, 21–32, 259

Xerox World Conference (1977) and, 259–60, 267–69, 270, 273

McCreight, Edward M., 107, 115, 170, 172, 221, 279, 280, 282, 377, 401

Alto and, 141, 169, 176–77

MAXC and, 112–13

McGurk, Dan, 99, 102, 255

Macintosh (Apple), xvi, xvii, xviii, xxiv, 329, 340, 341–42, 343, 344, 370, 389, 391, 395–96

McLuhan, Marshall, 83, 317

Magic squares, 196

Maiman, Theodore, 128–29

Mainframe computers, xxv, 71–72

Mansfield Amendment, 47–48, 60

Mantissa, 113

Markup, 212

Martin Aircraft, 10

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 43, 180

ARPANET and, 180

LINC and, 41–43

Multics and, 18

time-sharing and, 18, 41

Massaro, Don, 363–64, 370

MAXC (Multiple Access Xerox Computer), 6–7, 106–16, 117, 151, 153, 161, 169, 170, 172, 232, 303, 321

Alto and, 175, 176

ARPANET and, 183–84

Fiala and, 110, 113–14

McCreight and, 112–13

“Munger” and, 182–84

Thacker and, 107, 110, 114–15, 183–84

Mead, Carver A., 80, 82, 83, 302–3, 307–8, 401

intrapreneuring and, 311–13

LSI and, 303

silicon-based integrated circuits and, 305

VLSI and, xvi, 303–5, 308, 309, 310, 311

Medium-scale integration. See MSI

Memex, 64, 66

Memorex, Lynn and, 305, 306

Memory

archival, 123

core, 110–11

Intel 1103 and, 110–11, 114

optical, 55

semiconductor and, xxv–xxvi, 110–11

virtual, 75, 276

volatile, 110

Memory boards, MAXC and, 114–15

Menehune, 186, 187

Menus. See Pop-up menus

Merry-Shapiro, Diana, 215, 216, 225, 277, 316, 326, 328, 387, 401

Apple and, 330, 340

galley editor and, 340

Mesa, 319

Metaphor Computer, 370

Meta-programming, 197–98

Metcalfe, Robert M. (Bob), 149, 178–84, 280, 361, 401

Bolt, Beranek & Newman and, 180, 301

Citibank and, 192–93

departure of, 395

Ethernet and, xiv, xv, 141, 176, 184–93, 323, 324, 363

MAXC and, 182–84

Pup and, 291–93

Systems Development Division and, 248, 250, 251–52

3Com Corporation and, 358

on Xerox, 396

Microcode, xxii, 108–9

Microparallel processing, Alto and, 172

Microprocessors

Intel and, 303, 322

Notetaker and, 317–18

Microsoft

Apple versus, xxv, 395–96

challenges to, 391

Gates and, xvi, xxiii, 358–60, 398

Research, 397–98

Simonyi and, xviii, 5, 358–60, 395, 397

Windows and, xvi, 389

Word and, 389–90, 395

Microsystems International Ltd., 114

Minicom, 163–67

Minsky, Marvin, 91

Mitchell, James G. (Jim), 78, 120, 123, 165, 279–80, 282, 380, 401

Modes, interface design and, 208

Moore, Gordon, 89, 110, 111, 303

Moore, Jay, 199

Moore’s Law, 89, 94, 123–24, 171, 263, 303, 325, 349

Moran, Tom, 302

Morris, James H. (Jim), 148–49, 169, 325, 401

Moses, 268–69

Motorola, 311

computer-on-a chip and, 334

68000 microprocessor, 370

Mott, Timothy, 302, 401

Alto and, 283

Futures Day and, 267

Gypsy and, xv, 194–95, 207–10

POLOS and, 203–5, 206

Mouse, 307, 389

Alto and Futures Day and, 272

Augmentation Research Center and, 65, 66

BitBlt and, 227, 228

Bravo and, 210

Engelbart and, 4, 65–66, 210

ergonomics of, 307

Gypsy and, 209, 210

Lisa and, 342–43

Star and, 247, 366

Xerox and, 366

MSI (medium-scale integration), 303

Multics, 18

Multilingual, Star as, 364–65

Multiple Access Xerox Computer. See MAXC

Multitasking, 113

“Munger,” MAXC and, 182–83

Musical synthesizer, Alto and, 221

 

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 241

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 11, 13, 64, 78

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 89

National Computer Conference trade show (1981), 362

National Institutes of Health, 42

National Semiconductor Corporation, 252

NCR, 101

Networked printers, Alto and Futures Day and, 272

Networks, 184–85

ALOHAnet and, 186–87

Alto and, 343

Licklider and, 14, see also ARPANET; Ethernet; Interactivity; POLOS

Newell, Alan, 148

Newman, William, 212, 302

Newton, Darwin M., 203–4

New York Institute of Technology, 240

NLS (oNLine System), 65, 67, 207, 210

Notetaker, xvii

children and, 327–28

Goldberg and, 317, 318, 321–22

Kay and, 317–19, 321–24, 326–27

Tesler and, 317, 318, 322, 323, 324, 327

Xerox and, 327, 328

Novas, xxii, 166, 167, 176, 177, 184–85, 188, 189, 202, 206

 

Obata, Gyo, 254

Object-oriented programming language, 219–20, 365, see also Smalltalk

Octal, Ural II and, 196

Odyssey, 255–56, 353

Office computer system. See Star

Office of the future, 123, 165, 233, 235, 237

Office Products Division, Systems Development Division and, 352–63

Office Systems Division, 361

OfficeTalk, 285, 302

Olson, Ken, 24, 385–86

O’Neill, James, 142–43, 247, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 366, 390

oNLine System. See NLS

Ooze, 276–77

Optical memory technology, 55

Optical Science Laboratory, 134–44, 356, 386

Orbit, 265

Ornstein, Severo, 41, 118, 147, 149, 265, 282, 373, 380, 382–83, 384, 401

Dorado and, 320–21

Overlapping screen windows, 225, 389

BitBlt and, xv, 226–28

 

Page description language

Adobe Systems and, 374

Interpress and, 373–74

Pajaro Dunes

Kay and, 216, 316, 317, 328

Learning Research Group and, 386

Spencer and, 379–80

Pake, George E., xiii, 5, 52, 122, 132, 148, 167, 223–24, 244, 312, 350, 374–75, 397, 401

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 67

collegiality and, 57–58, 59–60

Coyote Hill building and, 255

division of PARC and, 372

Elkind and, 119–21, 280, 282

General Science Laboratory and, 55

Goldman and, xiii, 34–38, 346, 351–52

laser printer and, 379

PARC as two research centers and, 356

PARC as utopia and, 281

PARC dedication and, 54

PARC development and, 34–38, 40

PDP-Sigma imbroglio and, 95, 105, 106, 111–12

recruiting by, 48–51, 52, 53, 62

Rolling Stone and, 155, 156, 159–60

salary scale and, 61

Spinrad and, 352–56, 379

Systems Development Division and, 243

Taylor and, xiv, 5, 40–41, 43, 48–51, 61–62, 117–18, 281, 356, 375, 378–79, 381, 385

Washington University and, 33–34

Palevsky, Max, 18–20, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31–32, 33, 49, 73, 99, 100, 112, 156, 401, see also Scientific Data Systems

Palo Alto Research Center. See PARC

Papert, Seymour, 218

LOGO and, 91–92, 164, 222

Parallel processing, Worm and, 289–90, 293–99

Paramount Pictures, Futures Day and, 267

PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), xiv

ambiance of, 277–78

Bardeen saving, 57, 160

collegiality at, 57–59, 150–53

at Coyote Hill Road, xv, xvi, 254–55

creative method of, 107

dedication of, 53–54

division of, 356, 372, 374–75

evaluation of Xerox’s role with, xxvi–xxvii, 55–57, 60–61, 95–96, 373, 389–98

future and, 122–24

Goldman’s proposal for, xiii, 29–32

governing principle of, xxii, xxvi

internal conflicts in, 372–73

invention at, xxiv–xxv

lost decade and, 55–57, 394

money earned for Xerox by, xxvi, 128, 144

name of, 30, 38

office of the future and, 123, 165, 233, 235, 237

opening of, 40

research agenda of, 55, 386

site of, 31, 32, 37–40

PARC Universal Packet. See Pup

Pattern sensitivity, Intel 1103 memory chip and, 114

PDP-1, 71, 72

PDP-10, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104–6, 108, 121, 124, see also MAXC

PDP-11, 248

Peeker, 298

Pendery, Don, 121–22, 143

Pendery Papers, 122–24

Penguin, 285

Personal computer, xxiii, 95, 391

Altair 8800 and, xvi, 323, 333, 334

Dorado and, xvii, 318–21, 322, 324–26, 327

Dynabook and, xiii, 94, 163–67, 175, 211, 216, 321, 327, 336

IBM PC and, xviii, xxiv, 212, 360, 368–69, 370, 389, 391, 395

Kay and, 81, 89, 93–94, 95

Minicom and, 163–67

Taylor and, 5, 8, 49

See also Alto; Lisa; Macintosh

Photoconductor fatigue, 130–31

Piaget, Jean, 91

Piece tables, 199

Pimlico, 271

Pirtle, Mel, 72, 73–74, 76, 77, 78, 197

Pixar, 240

Pixels, xxii, 164, 165

POLOS (PARC On-line Office System), 166, 170, 173, 176, 307

Alto and, 205–7, 210, 307

English and, 307

Fairbairn and, 307

Mott and, 203–5, 206

Novas and, 184–85, 188, 189, 202, 206

as obsolete, 206–7, 210

Tesler and, 201–3

Pop-up menus, xvi, 209

BitBlt and, xv, 227–28

Portable computer. See Notetaker

Postscript, 374

Potter, Robert, 263–64, 265, 287, 306, 362, 390

Printers. See Laser printers

Programming, 84–85

course on for executives, 274–78

simplicity and, 218–19

Project Genie. See Genie

Psychoacoustics, 11

Pub, 203, 207

Publication, legal aspects of, 291

Pup (PARC Universal Packet), 291–93

 

Raskin, Jef, 332–33

RCA, 101

RCG. See Research Character Generator

Rechtin, Eberhardt, 47

Research Character Generator (RCG), 138–41

Reset switch, 289

Rider, Ron, 170, 173, 401

Pimlico and, 271

Research Character Generator and, 138–41

Systems Development Division and, 245

Roberts, Lawrence G., 45, 48

Robson, Dave, 328, 386

Rock, Arthur, 26

Rolling Stone, xv, 81, 155–62, 204, 223

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 63

Rubber-banding, Sketchpad and, 91

 

Sauer, Frank, 286

Savin 750, 56

Scanning laser output terminal. See SLOT

Schockley, William, 57

Schumpeter, Joseph, 392

Science Center, 356

Scientific Data Systems (SDS)

data processing and, 100–103

Genie and, 100

930 computer and, 18, 19, 20, 70, 72

940 computer and, 19–20, 25, 43, 69, 73, 74, 98, 100

PDP-Sigma imbroglio and, 98–105, 111, 165

Sigma—3 and, 214

Taylor and, 49

Xerox buying, xiii, 21–32, 259

Scott, Mike, 337

Sculley, John, 397

Second systems, Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 74

Semiconductors, memory and, xxv–xxvi, 110–11

Shoch, John F., 147, 177, 397, 402

Futures Day and, 267

Pup and, 291–93

Worm and, 289–90, 293–99

Shockwave Rider, The (Brunner), 295–96, 297, 298–99

Shoup, Richard (Dick), 5, 78, 123, 211, 376, 402

Aurora Systems and, 241

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 230

“Bose Conspiracy” and, 152–53

Emmy to, 241

Futures Day and, 267

Superpaint and, xv, 229–41, 261

Taylor and, 230, 231, 232–33, 238–39, 240

Shugart Associates, 363

Shur, Bob, 221

Sierra, 307, 308

Sigma—3, 214

Sigma 7, 102–3, 104–6

SIGnet, 185

SIL (Simple Illustrator), 212, 319, 323

Silicon-based integrated circuits. See Integrated circuits, silicon-based

Silicon Graphics Incorporated, xvii, 301, 311

“Silicon Valley,” Hoefler and, xiv

SimKit, 275

Simonyi, Charles, 5, 78, 361, 402

Alpha and, 198

Alto and, 283, 284, 357

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 75, 76, 77, 197

Bravo and, xv, 194–95, 198–201

BravoX and, 283, 357, 360

Illiac IV and, 197

low-end computing and, 358

meta-programming and, 197–98

Microsoft and, xviii, 5, 358–60, 395, 397

programming the programmers, 197–98

SIGnet and, 185

SLOT and, 360

Systems Development Division and, 245

Ural II and, 195–96

VisiCalc and, 357

Single-user machines, Clark and, 40–41

Sketchpad, 14, 90–91, 212

SLOT (scanning laser output terminal), 173, 360

Ethernet and, 191–92

Starkweather and, 127–38, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 191–92

Smalltalk, xiv, 92, 164

Alto and, 220–21, 222–23

Apple and, 335–36, 338–43

A Box Named Joe and, 222

Central Intelligence Agency and, 336

children and, 92, 222–24, 314–15

commercial guide to, 386

Goldberg and, 328, 335, 336

Ingalls and, 217, 316–17

Kay and, 92, 164, 217–18, 220–21, 222–24, 314–16, 317

Lisa and, 344

Ooze and, 276–77

Xerox and, 335, 336

Smith, Alvy Ray, 230, 241, 402

HSV transform and, 236

Microsoft and, 398

Superpaint and, 233–36, 237, 239–40

Smith, David, 365

Smith, E. E. “Doc,” 157

Softkey, Lisa and, 342–43

Solid-state technologies, 55

Sony, 391

Sosinski, Charles, 326

Souders, Bill, 143, 339

Soviet Union, Sputnik and, 11–12

“Spacewar: Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death among the Computer Bums” (Brand), xv, 81, 155–62, 204, 223

Sparacino, Robert J., 246, 349, 350, 351, 352

Spatial coherence, Maiman’s ruby device and, 128–29

Special Programs Group, 283

Alto and, 262–63, 264

Speech recognition, by computer, 55

Spencer, William J., 5, 374–75, 376, 402

integrated circuits lab and, 356

internal conflict and, 371–72, 374

Pajaro Dunes and, 379–80

Taylor and, 375–87

Sperry Rand, 24, 133

Spinrad, Robert, 101–2, 247–48, 378, 402

Pake and, 352–56, 379

Star and, 361, 367, 368

System Center and, 356

Systems Development Division and, 367

Split-screen technology, Augmentation Research Center and, 65

Sproull, Robert F. (Bob), 265, 280

Futures Day and, 267, 272

Interpress and, 373

Pimlico and, 271

Sputnik, 11–12

Squires, M. Frank, 38–40, 49, 53, 60, 402

Standardization, 88–89

Stanford Research Institute (SRI), 48, 63–67

Stanford University, 43, 53, 58–59, 61

Star, xvi, 283, 361–70, 394

Advanced Systems Division and, 284

commercialization of, xviii, 395–96

Dandelion and, 252, 253

design of, 247

Dolphin and, 249, 250–53, 320

as failure, 370

IBM PC and, xviii, 368–69

Japan and, 369

name of, 361–62

OfficeTalk and, 302

“Principle of Operations” and, 245–46

shortcomings of, 253, 283, 366–67

success of, 362–63, 364–66

unique features of, 364–66

Wave studies and, 367–68

Xerox and, 247, 251, 287, 361–70, 394, 395

Starkweather, Gary K.

laser printer and, xiv, 152, 185

Microsoft and, 397

SLOT and, 127–38, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 191–92

on Xerox, 397

Stitchweld, 323

Strassmann, Paul, 103, 105, 108, 393, 402

Structured text, 205

Supercomputing, parallel processing and, 296, 298

Superpaint

Shoup and, xv, 229–41, 261

Smith and, 233–36, 237, 239–40

Superprinter, 143, 390

Supervisions, 239

Sutherland, Ivan, 14, 43, 215, 302, 303

Sketchpad and, 14, 90–91, 212

TX—2 and, 41

University of Utah and, 92–93, 311

Sutherland, William R. (Bert), 145–46, 260, 266, 303, 309, 312

Bolt, Beranek & Newman and, 301

ergonomics and, 302

OfficeTalk and, 302

POLOS and, 307

Sierra and, 307

Systems Science Laboratory and, 301–2, 379

Sweden, Alto for, 283

Synchronous design, 252–53

System Center, 356

System Concepts Laboratory, 386

Systems Development Division (SDD), xvi, 243–56, 278, 353, 367

Alto and, 287

Dandelion and, 253

Dolphin and, 250–53

Dorado and, 319–20

failure of, 255–56, 259, 284, 396

mission of, 243, 250

resignations from, 361, 369–70

See also Star

Systems Science Laboratory (SSL), 94–95, 224, 240–41, 244, 301–2, 354–55, 378

Apple and, 335

collegiality and, 152

ergonomics and, 302

laser printer and, 55

management of, 54–55

Novas and, 166

OfficeTalk and, 302

optical memory and, 55

Rolling Stone and, 161

Science Center and, 356

Smalltalk and, 335

 

Taft, Ed, 292

Taylor, Audrey, 9

Taylor, Raymond, 9

Taylor, Robert W. (Bob), 5, 8–11, 15, 40, 48–51, 62, 64, 82, 94–95, 120, 181, 182, 215, 261, 301, 306, 320, 352, 354–55, 381, 391, 402–3

Alto and, 3, 170–71, 205–6, 211

ARPA and, 14–20, 42–43, 90, 146

ARPANET and, 8, 43–45, 48

Augmentation Research Center and, 63–67

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 67, 68–69, 197

collegiality and, 151

Computer Science Laboratory and, xiv, 55, 120, 279, 280, 281, 375–87

Dealer and, 145–50, 281, 382

Digital Equipment Corporation and, 5, 99, 385

display and, 8–9, 124

division of PARC and, 372

Elkind and, 118–19, 120–21, 279

e-mail and, 212

Genie and, 18–20

graphics and, 15, 43, 90, 231

interactivity and, 5, 15, 17–20, 49, 62–67, 79, 169, 184, 185, see also Ethernet

internal conflict and, 371–72

leadership style of, 5–6, 15–17, 375–76, 379, 384–85, see also Dealer and

LINC and, 42

MAXC and, 107, 115–16

Pake and, xiv, 5, 40–41, 43, 48–51, 61–62, 117–18, 281, 356, 375, 378–79, 381, 385

PDP-10 and, 99, 103, 105

personal computers and, 5, 8, 49

resignation of, xviii, 375–87

retirement of, 3–7

Rolling Stone and, 156–57, 158, 160

salary of, 61–62

Shoup and, 230, 231, 232–33, 238–39, 240

Smith and, 235, 239–40

software course following Futures Day and, 274–75

Superpaint and, 238–40

Tesler and, 205, 344–45

time-sharing and, 15, 17–20, 43–44

University of Utah and, 43, 48

Vietnam War and, 45–47

See also Computer Science Laboratory

TCP/IP, 293

Technical papers, Xerox policy on, 290–91

Technology transfer, 377, 394

Teitelman, Warren, 150, 220, 280, 384, 403

artificial intelligence and, 121

Bolt, Beranek & Newman and, 121, 280, 301

Cedar and, 325

Temporal coherence, Maiman’s ruby device and, 129

Tenex, 98, 107

Tesler, Lawrence G., 194–95, 215, 328, 403

Apple and, 330, 333–34, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340–41, 342, 344–45

Gypsy and, xv, 194–95, 207–10

interactivity and, 203

Lisa and, 343, 344

Macintosh and, 344

Notetaker and, 317, 318, 322, 323, 324, 327

POLOS and, 201–3

Pub and, 207

Star and, 362

Test stand, Boggs and, 188, 189

Thacker, Charles P. (Chuck), 4, 73, 78, 94, 197, 227, 230, 282, 361, 380, 403

Alto and, xv, xix–xxiv, 4, 141, 163, 167–77, 212, 250–51, 289

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 68–69, 75

“biggerism” and, xx, 75

“Bose Conspiracy” and, 152–53

collegiality and, 152

Dealer and, 147–48

DEC Systems Research Center and, 385

Dolphin and, 250–53

Dorado and, 319–20, 325

e-mail and, 212

Ethernet and, 188, 192

MAXC and, 107, 110, 114–15, 183–84

Metcalfe and, 182–84, 249, 250

Microsoft and, 397

musical synthesizer and, 221

resignation of, 383, 384

SIL and, 212, 319, 323

Systems Development Division and, 245, 250–52

Thornburg, David, 57, 58, 59, 160, 403

Thorp, Edward O., 146

3Com Corporation, 358, 390

Time-sharing, xxv, 14, 18, 41, 78

Berkeley Computer Corporation and, 74–78

Genie and, 72–73, 100

MAXC and, 106–16, 117, 121, 151, 153, 161

POLOS and, 202

SDS 940 and, 100

Taylor and, 15, 17–20, 43–44

See also MAXC

Token ring network, of IBM, 363–64

Tokyo Data Show (1981), 369

“Tom Sawyering,” 151–53, 167

Toy Story, xxv, 240

Transistor, 57

Tribus, Myron, 347–49

Tron, 82

TTL (transistor-transistor logic), 76, 320

Turing, Alan, 204

Turnkey systems, Star and, 395

Twang, 221–22

Two-pass relocatable loader, 70–71

TX-2, 13, 14, 41, 90, 110, 176–77, 212

Tymshare, 100

Typeface, xxv

Typesetting

Interpress and, 373–74

Postscript and, 374

 

United Airlines, 87–88, 89

Univac, 71–72, 101

University of California

at Berkeley, 18–20

at Los Angeles, 48

at Santa Barbara, 48

University of Hawaii, 78

University of Utah, 73

ARPA and, 90

ARPANET and, 48

graphics and, 90, 92–93, 231, 311

Kay and, 81, 90–93

Ivan Sutherland and, 92–93, 311

Taylor and, 43, 48

Ural II, 195–96

Urbach, John C., 58, 123, 134, 215, 386, 403

User-friendly machine, Star as, 365–66

User-friendly programs. See Bravo; Gypsy

Very large-scale integration. See VLSI

“Vidbits,” 239, 240

Video animation, Superpaint and, 229–41

Vietnam War, xxv, 45–47

Virtual desktop, Sketchpad and, 91

Virtual keyboards, Star and, 365

Virtual memory, 75, 276

Virtual reality, 301

VisiCalc, 332, 357–58

Vitek, Bill, 168–69, 170

VLSI (very large-scale integration), 303–11

Conway and, xvi, 300, 304–11

Mead and, xvi, 303–5, 308, 309, 310, 311

Volatile memory, 110

 

Wallace, Smokey, 207, 228

Warner, Gloria, 40, 51, 155, 156

Warnock, John, 81–82, 93, 373, 403

Adobe Systems and, 374

Interpress and, 373–74

Washington University, 33–34, 42

Wave studies, 367–68

Wenner, Jann, 156

Wenrik, Robert, 287

Wessler, Barry, 15, 17, 46

West Coast Computer Faire (1977), 323–24

Westinghouse Research Laboratory, 34

Weyer, Steve, 295

What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG), 389

Bravo and, 200, 208, 373

Star and, 364

Whirlwind, 333

White, George M., 28, 58, 60–61, 124, 131–33, 214, 215, 350, 352

White, Weld & Co., 74

Whole Earth Catalog, 157

Wiesner, Jerome, 154

Wilson, Joseph C., 22, 23, 24, 33, 36, 56

Windows (Microsoft), xvi, 389

Word processing, xxiv–xxv, 194–210

What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get and, 200, 208, 364, 373, 389

Xerox Model 850 and, 264, 265, 274

See also Bravo; Gypsy

Workstation. See Star

Worm (Ethernet-polling program), 289–90, 293–99

Wozniak, Steve, xvi, 332

WYSIWYG. See What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get

 

Xerography. See Copiers

Xerox Business Systems, Systems Development Division and, 362

Xerox Corporation

Alto and, 285–88, 392, 393, 395

Emmy for Superpaint to, 241

evaluation of role with PARC, xxvi–xxvii, 55–57, 60–61, 95–96, 373, 389–98

Goldman and, 346–47, 349–52

integrated circuits research and, 353–54

Interpress and, 373–74

intrapreneurship and, 312–13

laser printers and, 127–28, 129, 131–34, 143–44, 390, 394–95

legal aspects and, xxvi–xxvii, 223, 290–93

lost decade and, 55–57, 394

money earned from PARC, xxvi, 128, 144

mouse and, 366

Notetaker and, 327, 328

PDP-Sigma imbroglio and, 98–106, 111–12, 121, 124

Pendery Papers and, 122–24

Rolling Stone and, xv, 81, 155–62, 204, 223

Scientific Data Systems and, 21–32, 100–102, 259

Smalltalk and, 335, 336

software course course for executives and, 274–78

Star and, 247, 251, 287, 361–70, 394

Tribus and, 347–49

Xerox Development Corporation and, 331, 332–33, 334

Xerox World Conference (1977) and, 259–60, 267–69, 270, 273, see also Futures Day

See also Copiers; Laser printers; PARC

Xerox Development Corporation, 331, 332–33, 334

Xerox-Intel-DEC Ethernet standard, xvii, 364

Xerox World Conference

1971, 260

1977, 259–60, 266–73, see also Futures Day

 

Zarem, Abraham, 331–32, 335, 339