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The website XeroxNostalgia.com is a nostalgic tribute to Xerox's history, sparking discussion about the company's influential innovations, such as the Xerox Alto, and the preservation of its legacy.
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"Early software for the Alto was written in the programming language BCPL, and later in Mesa, which was not widely used outside PARC but influenced several later languages, such as Modula."
PARC also has a museum, but for some reason they were extremely adamant that no one take any photographs inside or even describe it's existence online.
My coworkers were absolute gems, but the company seemed to have been traumatized by Steve Jobs and they were incredibly adamant that no more intellectual property would be exiting the building without like seven layers of approval.