lmorchard's links21h ago
Hiltzik: When Steve Jobs got a show-and-tell at Xerox - Los Angeles Times

"Gates responded, “Steve, I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”"

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-03-24/inside-the-1979-silicon-valley-demo-that-made-apple-what-it-is-today?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fapple

#MSFT #apple #gui #history #parc #xerox
Hiltzik: When Steve Jobs got a show-and-tell at Xerox

In 1979, Steve Jobs led a delegation from Apple into Xerox's secretive Silicon Valley computer lab. The world would never be the same.

Los Angeles Times
Gerd_Brodowski1d ago

#usa : #geschichte / #computer / #mythos / #apple / #microsoft / #xerox

Ich bin kein Computerfreak und dachte, ich hätte in ganz, ganz groben Zügen die Entwicklung des PCs erfasst - werde nun aber eines Besseren belehrt, wie‘s scheint.

Frage an die "Besserwisser": Stimmt es, dass offensichtlich Xerox die eigentliche PC-Startrampe war?

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-03-24/inside-the-1979-silicon-valley-demo-that-made-apple-what-it-is-today

Hiltzik: When Steve Jobs got a show-and-tell at Xerox

In 1979, Steve Jobs led a delegation from Apple into Xerox's secretive Silicon Valley computer lab. The world would never be the same.

Los Angeles Times
Tariq2d ago

Hey Xerox

No I don't want to install Rosetta in order to update the firmware in my printer.

Thanks

#Xerox #tech

HackadayMar 2

LED Printers: The Quiet Achievers You May Not Have Heard Of

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/led-printers-the-quiet-achievers-you-may-not-have-heard-of/

13Mar 2
LED Printers: The Quiet Achievers You May Not Have Heard Of https://hackaday.com/2026/03/02/led-printers-the-quiet-achievers-you-may-not-have-heard-of/
#HackadayColumns #PeripheralsHacks #Laserprinter #LEDprinter #Oki #Photocopier #Printer #Xerography #Xerox
LED Printers: The Quiet Achievers You May Not Have Heard Of

Many different types of printers have entered the market over the years. Most of us are intimately familiar with the common inkjet and laser, both of which can be found in homes and offices all ove…

Hackaday
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 19
@defnull noice lemme guess: #Xerox?
Show threadadacostaFeb 10
@stroughtonsmith Apparently we are. The desktop metaphor has not changed much since the #Xerox Star user interface. There are of course branches that have evolved out of it: VisionOS, Android, iPadOS. But the primary method of interaction has remained consistent for nearly 60 years. So imagine in 2050, we will still be using pretty much the same desktop paradigm.
Nicolas ChristenerFeb 8

Ever wonder how the #FreeSoftware movement started? It began with a jammed printer 🖨️🚫

​In 1980, Richard Stallman couldn't improve the Xerox 9700's software because the code was closed. Frustrated that he couldn't make the printer alert users of a jam, he started the Free Software movement.

​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_9700#Legacy

​#FOSS #GNU #Xerox #OpenSource #TechHistory #PaperJam

Chris HansonFeb 5

A little light reading, from when we were actually a civilization that respected expertise.

#xerox #retrocomputing

abancommercials.comJan 22
Wie Xerox-Anzeigen das Business-Marketing geprägt haben
#Xerox #abancommercials
Erfahren Sie, wie Xerox-Anzeigen die Marketingstrategien von
Unternehmen revolutioniert und die Markenbotschaft sowie die
Kundenbindung im modernen Markt beeinflusst haben.

https://abancommercials.com/art-ad/de/15347/wie-xerox-anzeigen-das-business-marketing-geprgt-haben
Die Werbereise von Xerox in der Bürotechnologie

Erfahren Sie, wie Xerox-Anzeigen die Marketingstrategien von Unternehmen revolutioniert und die Markenbotschaft sowie die Kundenbindung im modernen Markt beeinflusst haben.

abancommercials.com