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From: ck@voa3.VOA.GOV (Chris Kern)
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Subject: Re: Images vs. Text
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.182855.2607@voa3.VOA.GOV>
Date: 3 Apr 91 18:28:55 GMT
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In article <1991Apr3.055318.16045@nas.nasa.gov> eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov
(Eugene N. Miya) writes:
>Actually, I think there are systems better than Macs.  Unfortunately,
>the systems which inspired Macs aren't available outside of Xerox
>like Tioga.

Not true.  I'm writing this on a Xerox 6085, which is a direct descendant
of the Xerox Star, which is a direct descendant of the Xerox Alto.  The
environment has also been ported to SunOS.  The Star, the 6085 and the
software for SunOS all were or are sold by Xerox; I don't think they ever
sold the Alto, although a few of them made their way outside the company.

(I believe it was the Star that inspired the Macintosh.)

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