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Heloid Photographic Company founded in Rochester New York. Primarily produced phtographic paper and equipment.
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The Model A was considered the first "copy machine."
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Mother of all inventionsXerox 914The Xerox 914 plain paper copy machine is released to the public. https://youtu.be/9xZYcWsh8t0 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-mother-of-all-invention/308123/
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The Palo Alto Research Center is founded in Palo Alto, California as the research wing of Xerox. http://hightechhistory.com/2011/06/02/a-brief-early-history-of-xerox-parc-and-the-development-of-the-personal-computer/
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The Xerox Alto was revolutionary in the realm of personal computers, complete with a graphical display, mouse, and network connectivity via ethernet. Email was also a feature.
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Xerox releases follow up to Alto. continued improvement on the Alto. Led to industry wide acceptance and implementation of technology, including by Apple and later Microsoft.
