Delete comment from: Ken Shirriff's blog
Thanks Ken. I've downloaded an Alto emulator to see this for myself. I know enough to appreciate how incredible this machine was at a time then the predominant method of interaction with a computer was via a teletype. The bitmapped display and contemporary-like approach to programming (or beyond, in fact, since programs could be changed on-the-fly), not to mention the networking potential, makes me somewhat sad that the tech was largely unimplemented until the early-80s: imagine what could have been. On the flip side, this machine was no-doubt incredibly expensive: but with a bit of vision, those prices could have fallen through bulk-adoption. (Twitter: 8bitadc)
Sep 30, 2017, 4:20:25 PM
Posted to Bitcoin mining on a vintage Xerox Alto: very slow at 1.5 hashes/second