Xerox built about 2,000 Altos for use at universities ... and drove Ethernet. Much of the Alto microcode was stored in RAM, so languages or even user programs could run custom microcode.

Anyone interested in the history of personal computing will surely have heard of the Xerox Alto ... “simulates the Alto at the microcode level, providing a very accurate simulation of the ...

In 1972, Xerox released an advert for the Alto, introducing people to the world’s first computer with a graphical user interface, mouse, and distinctive portrait screen. In 1972, Xerox released ...