Essay on the “Alto” Computer

The Alto computer was produced by Xerox Corporation in 1973. It came out of Xerox’s Paolo Alto Research Center (PARC). It was designed to be a small, personal computer used for research. The ability to allow users to share information was also an important part of the design. The Alto is considered by many to be the first personal computer or workstation.
The Alto was the first computer to utilize a graphic user interface (GUI) as well as utilize the Ethernet protocol for networking computers to each other. Other great ideas that first appeared on the Alto were the mouse, the desktop metaphor,...