Researchers at the Xerox Palo Alto
Research Center designed the Alto — the first work station with a
built-in mouse for input. The Alto stored several files simultaneously
in windows, offered menus and icons, and could link to a local area
network. Although Xerox never sold the Alto commercially, it gave a
number of them to universities. Engineers later incorporated its
features into work stations and personal computers.
Scelbi advertised its 8H computer, the
first commercially advertised U.S. computer based on a microprocessor,
Intel´s 8008. Scelbi aimed the 8H, available both in kit form and fully
assembled, at scientific, electronic, and biological applications. It
had 4 kilobytes of internal memory and a cassette tape, with both
teletype and oscilloscope interfaces. In 1975, Scelbi introduced the 8B
version with 16 kilobytes of memory for the business market. The
company sold about 200 machines, losing $500 per unit.
Source: - www.computerhistory.org
