Notes from a 1984 trip to Xerox PARC
Someone at work asked about this trip report I wrote long ago. I had not realized it was ever seen outside Bell Labs Research, but I now know it was. It's a bit of a time capsule now, and I was able resurrect it. Importing into Blogger was a bit of an ordeal that informs some of the points raised here, but other than that I make no comment on the contents beyond apologizing for the tone.
This Dorado is MINE, ALL MINE!
Rob Pike
April 29, 1984
A collection of impressions after doing a week’s work (rather than demo reception) at PARC. Enough is known about the good stuff at PARC that I will concentrate on the bad stuff. The following may therefore leave too negative an impression, and I apologize. Nonetheless...
Dorados work, and although most people at PARC now have their personal machine, it is hard to find a spare one for a visitor (e.g. me), and the allocation method is interesting. There are rooms full of Dorados in racks, and each office has a terminal in it. To connect a machine…
This Dorado is MINE, ALL MINE!
Rob Pike
April 29, 1984
A collection of impressions after doing a week’s work (rather than demo reception) at PARC. Enough is known about the good stuff at PARC that I will concentrate on the bad stuff. The following may therefore leave too negative an impression, and I apologize. Nonetheless...
Dorados work, and although most people at PARC now have their personal machine, it is hard to find a spare one for a visitor (e.g. me), and the allocation method is interesting. There are rooms full of Dorados in racks, and each office has a terminal in it. To connect a machine…