Xerox Data Systems (XDS)
Scientific Data Systems, bought by Xerox in 1969 and shut in 1975 — which is why PARC handed a personal computer to a company that had just quit computing.
Xerox Data Systems (XDS) — Scientific Data Systems, bought by Xerox in 1969 and shut in 1975 — which is why PARC handed a personal computer to a company that had just quit computing.
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