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Xerox Star

Experimental Workstation

The Xerox Star workstation, officially the Xerox Star 8010 Information System, was the first commercial personal computer to incorporate technologies that have since become standard, including a bitmapped display, a window-based graphical user interface, icons, folders, a two-button mouse, Ethernet networking, file servers, print servers and email.

Facts
Year
1981 1
Significance
The first commercial personal computer to incorporate technologies since standard, including bitmapped display, GUI, icons, folders, mouse, Ethernet, file/print servers and email 1
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
Connections

Associated With

Xerox NoteTaker, Systems

The Xerox NoteTaker (1978) and Xerox Star (1981) are both Xerox PARC personal-computing systems of the same design lineage; exact influence direction between them is not confirmed by the NoteTaker's own cited source.

In Field

Computer Architecture, Fields
Source Xerox Star - Wikipedia
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Developed By

Xerox

Also in Business Atlas: the developer of this subject.

Sources
1. Xerox Star - Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The Xerox Star workstation, officially named Xerox Star 8010 Information System, is the first commercial personal computer to incorporate technologies that have since become standard in personal computers, including a bitmapped display, a window-based graphical user interface, icons, folders, mouse (two-button), Ethernet networking, file servers, print servers, and email.
  • Infobox: discontinued
    1985
  • Infobox: release_date
    1981
  • In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead paragraph
  • In Group: Xerox PARC Computers, Lead
    The Xerox Star workstation, officially named Xerox Star 8010 Information System, is the first commercial personal computer to incorporate technologies that have since become standard in personal computers, including a bitmapped display, a window-based graphical user interface, icons, folders, mouse (two-button), Ethernet networking, file servers, print servers, and email.
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Wikidata: Xerox Star
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