.jpg) Xerox Star 8010 | |
| Also known as | Xerox 8010 Information System |
|---|---|
| Developer | Xerox |
| Manufacturer | Xerox |
| Product family | 8000-series |
| Type | Workstation |
| Release date | 1981 |
| Introductory price | US$16,595 (equivalent to $56,000 in 2023)[1] |
| Discontinued | 1985 |
| Operating system | Pilot |
| CPU | AMD Am2900 based |
| Memory | 384 KB, expandable to 1.5 MB |
| Storage | 10, 29, or 40 MB hard drive and 8" floppy drive |
| Display | 17 inch |
| Graphics | 1024×808 pixels @ 38.7 Hz |
| Connectivity | Ethernet |
| Predecessor | Xerox Alto |
| Successor | Xerox Daybreak (ViewPoint; Xerox 6085) |
The Xerox Star workstation, officially named Xerox Star 8010 Information System, is the first commercial personal computer to incorporate technologies that have since become standard in personal computers, including a bitmapped display, a window-based graphical user interface, icons, folders, mouse (two-button), Ethernet networking, file servers, print servers, and email.[2][3]
Introduced by Xerox Corporation on April 27, 1981, the name Star technically refers only to the software sold with the system for the office automation market. The 8010 workstations were also sold with software based on the programming languages Lisp and Smalltalk for the smaller research and software development market.
- ^ "Xerox 8010 Star Information System". National Museum of American History.
- ^ Johnson, Jeff; Roberts, Teresa; Verplank, William; Smith, David; Irby, Charles; Beard, Marian; Mackey, Kevin (1989). "The Xerox Star: A Retrospective". Computer. 22 (9): 11–26. doi:10.1109/2.35211. S2CID 12660370.
- ^ "Xerox 8010 Star Information System". National Museum of American History. Retrieved April 18, 2022.