Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

First workstation developed at Xerox PARC, led by Chuck Thacker and Butler Lampson

• First workstation developed at Xerox PARC, led by Chuck Thacker and Butler Lampson

• First computer to use the desktop metaphor, three-button mouse, 5-key chord keyset, detachable keyboard, WYSIWIG editor, Smalltalk, and graphical user interface
• Not a commercial product, but thousands of units were built and were heavily used at PARC and at several universities
• The “interim Dynabook” (Alan Key)
• Greatly influenced the design of PCs, notably the Apple Lisa/Macintosh, the Apollo/Domain and the first Sun workstations
• Apple’s Steve Jobs visited PARC in 1979