Retro Computing: Screenshots of 1980s Graphical User Interfaces (Visi On, SunTools)
By
R. Stricklin
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
A collection of retro computing screenshots from the 1980s, featuring early graphical user interfaces including VisiCorp Visi On (1983) running on a Turbo XT Clone, and SunTools desktop (1984) running on a Sun 2/120 with SunOS 1.1. The article appears to be a gallery of typewritten software and vintage computing interfaces.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThis screenshot has been line-doubled to correct its aspect ratio, so it appears here as it does on the system monitor.
Screen capture: Turbo XT Clone — Visi On 1.0
Screen capture: Sun 2/120 — SunOS 1.1
Article URL: http://www.typewritten.org/Media/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48104428
Points: 20
# Comments: 3
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