Chapter 1
The birth of a dream lab
Chapter 2
Designing the future's interface
Chapter 3
Connecting the world together
Chapter 4
The great technology handoff
Ch 3 · Connecting the world together
BETA
steve Build the graphical interface to discover how PARC invented the modern computer.
steve Gary Starkweather ignored his boss's orders and secretly built the world's first laser printer.
steve Connecting the world together
Who made computers easy for you? (PARC with their graphical GUI!) Windows, mouse, a clickable view? (Oh-oh, they made it brand new!)
steve PARC created one of the first office email systems, changing how coworkers communicated.
Quiz
What was the name of the early graphical email program developed at PARC in the 1970s?
Fun Fact
Secret laser lab: Gary Starkweather built his first laser printer prototype in a blacked-out closet at PARC to keep the laser beam safe.
Glossary
ethernet (noun)
A system for connecting multiple computer systems to form a local area network. Robert Metcalfe created the networking protocol at Xerox PARC in 1973 to link Alto computers.
A system for connecting multiple computer systems to form a local area network. Robert Metcalfe created the networking protocol at Xerox PARC in 1973 to link Alto computers.