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	Xerox Alto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alto keyboard was lacking the underscore key, which had been appropriated for the left-arrow character used in Mesa for the assignment operator.
		Technically, the Alto was a small minicomputer, but it could be considered a personal computer in the sense that it was used by a single person sitting at a desk, in contrast with the mainframes and other minicomputers of the era.
		The Alto is also visible in the background of American TV and Film productions in the late 1970's and early 1980's most often in the office sets, where the Alto's portrait screen and WYSIWYG format finding a natural niche in the page- and typestting of newspapers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xerox_Alto (1049 words)

	Alto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In music, an alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano.
		The majority however define contralto and alto as synonyms, and assign the adjectives light and dark, with a dark alto being a female of tenor range, while a light alto, commonly referred to as simply alto, to include mezzo-sopranos as well.
		The word, "alto", is often applied to instruments to indicate their range in relation to other instruments of the same group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alto (546 words)

	ALTO
		Alto's history dates back to 1693, when it was part of a larger farm named Groenrivier ("Green River").
		Alto produces the Alto Rouge every year, and in particularly good years, like 2001, an Alto Cabernet Sauvignon is released.
		The Alto Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 was recently selected to be served on SA Airways First Class, a fitting environment for such a noble wine.
	www.alto.co.za /history.asp (488 words)

	Alto - Arizona Ghost Town
		To reach Alto You shall pass Salero, on the Salero Road from SR 82, immediately before mile marker 3 southwest from Patagonia.
		Alto is 4,3 mile after Salero on the same road.
		Alto's post office was established 1907 and discontinued in 1933.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/az/alto.html (185 words)

	Alto Township, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Alto is the southwestern township in Fond du Lac County.
		It is bounded on the north by Metomen, east by Waupun, south by Trenton, in Dodge County, and west by Mackford, in Green Lake County.
		Alto was organized on the 6th of April, 1847, at a meeting held in the schoolhouse near Miller's mill, in the southeast part of the town.
	www.wlhn.org /fond_du_lac/towns/alto/alto.htm (555 words)

	ALTO
		Alto is situated on the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain in the Stellenbosch Wine of Origin district.
		Its trellised vineyards cling to the high granite slopes that rise from a 100 to 500 metres above sea level, which are ideal for the cultivation of red grape varietals.
		Unsurprisingly, Alto is, and has always been, red wine country.
	www.alto.co.za (57 words)

	BDO Alto Limited
		BDO Alto Limited is the Jersey member firm of BDO International, the world’s fifth largest international accounting and consulting organisation with a worldwide network of 621 offices in 105 countries, employing approximately 25,000 partners and professional staff.
		BDO Alto brings together individuals who have a wealth of experience in servicing the needs of both our local and international clients.
		At BDO Alto we are committed to growing with our clients, in order to offer the up-to-date and relevant services best suited to their needs.
	bdo-alto.com (248 words)

	The Xerox Alto
		The Alto was the first system to pull together all of the elements of the modern Graphical User Interface.
		The Alto was designed and built by Xerox for research and, although Xerox donated a number of them to various organizations, they were never sold.
		The Xerox Alto was designed to be a relatively small, yet powerful, personal office computer with the ability to present information graphically, and to easily share information.
	toastytech.com /guis/alto.html (369 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Alto, also known as Branchtown, is an incorporated community at the junction of U.S. Highway 69, State highways 21 and 249, and Farm roads 752 and 1911, eleven miles south of Rusk in southern Cherokee County.
		A newspaper, the Alto News, was begun in 1893; under the name Alto Herald it continued to be published in the early 1990s.
		A bank was established in Alto in 1903, and in 1909 the town was incorporated.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/hja6.html (398 words)

	Palo Alto
		The city of Palo Alto is often considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley.
		Here is a map of the parks of Palo Alto, a history of Palo Alto parks, and a history of the city of Palo Alto.
		There is a new off-road path that was constructed by the City of Palo Alto in 1999, with a $50,000 grant from the Coastal Conservancy.
	www.abag.ca.gov /bayarea/baytrail/vtour/map3/access/Btpalto/Btpalto.htm (5277 words)

	DigiBarn: The Xerox Alto Computer
		We recently displayed the Alto II XM as the centerpiece of the Alto 30th Birthday Party which we held at the October 2003 Vintage Computer Festival 6.0.
		The Alto served as inspiration for Three Rivers' PERQ which ran the Intran publishing software that drove the Xerox 9700 high speed laser printers (also a development from PARC).
		rom a lecture referencing the Alto by Butler Lampson at the CS department at the University of Washington.
	www.digibarn.com /collections/systems/xerox-alto (819 words)

	Alto - New York Magazine Restaurant Review
		Alto is Italian also, but the tone is elevated to such a refined, even high-strung, degree that you might have a difficult time knowing it.
		The lobster is dusted with tiny shavings of bottarga and presented with a weirdly bracing demitasse chaser of squid ink, and the foie gras is hickory-smoked, cut in carpaccio-style slices, and served on pieces of crackly toast.
		Alto is named for Alto Adige, the northern Italian region that abuts the border with Austria.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/food/reviews/restaurant/11950 (997 words)

	Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators - Home Page
		The voice of the Irish telecoms industry, ALTO represents national and international operators in the fixed, wireless, mobile and cable sectors.
		ALTO's mission is to represent and communicate the interests of members to senior policy makers, regulators, the business community and the media.
		To date, ALTO members have invested hundreds of millions in the Irish telecoms sector and they currently employ over 3,000 people.
	www.alto.ie (144 words)

	Xerox Alto
		Thus in 1970, the Palo Alto Research Center, or PARC was born.
		Software developed that exploited the Altos capabilities increased demand and interest in the Alto Demand and interest grew throughout and beyond Xerox Production of the Alto increased A by-product, the Ethernet, used to connect computers flexibly with standard communication protocols, became a networking standard.
		The Alto stored several files simultaneously in windows, offered menus and icons, and could link to a local area network.
	www.thocp.net /hardware/xerox_alto.htm (282 words)

	Alto: For Music with Passion
		The 8 channel MIC/Instrument preamplifier is part of the ALTO ESOTAR line of products which are built with no compromises on design or materials.
		ALTO ESOTAR processors are dedicated to high end recording applications and sound installation.
		The Alto PBM8-500 is extremely flexible, 500 watts per side (@4 ohms) ultra-low noise 8-channel stereo powered mixer with integrated 24-bit 256 preset DSP and stereo 9-band graphic EQs.
	www.altopa.com (326 words)

	Xerox Alto computer
		The Alto was the result of a joint effort by Ed McCreight, Chuck Thacker, Butler Lampson, Bob Sproull, and Dave Boggs, who were attempting to make a device that was small enough to fit in an office comfortably, but powerful enough to support a reliable, high-quality operating system and graphics display.
		The Alto consists of four major parts: the graphics display, the keyboard, the graphics mouse, and the disk storage/processor box.
		The concept of using a visual interface originated in the mid 1970s at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) where a graphical interface was developed for the Xerox Star computer system introduced in April 1981.
	members.fortunecity.com /pcmuseum/alto.html (319 words)

	Xerox Alto Computer with Mouse, GUI, and Ethernet Introduced in 1973
		The revolutionary Xerox Alto computer was introduced internally at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1973.
		This was the first manufactured machine to use a mouse, and the Ethernet protocol was established to network the machines within Xerox.
		It wasn't until the Macintosh was released in 1984 that the price point for mass-market appeal in a GUI machine was achieved.
	www.cedmagic.com /history/xerox-alto.html (212 words)

	Career Opportunities - Alto Dairy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Alto Dairyâs skilled and dedicated employees manufacture high quality, award-winning products using advanced technology to meet customer demands.
		Alto Dairy offers exciting career opportunities in a variety of areas from production to administrative.
		Alto Dairy supports a drug-free workplace, which includes pre-employment drug screening.
	www.altodairy.com /careers (113 words)

	Jeff Montsma - Field Representatives - Alto Dairy
		Jeff is the Area Field Supervisor at Alto Dairy.
		He works with the staff in Alto Dairy’s labs, communications department, patron department, and other field staff to offer members the best service.
		He started with Alto Dairy Cooperative in 1995 as a field representative then served as Alto’s Member Service Specialist before his promotion to Supervisor.
	www.altodairy.com /producers/fieldreps/jeffm (266 words)

	Alto: ALTO Products
		ALTO is the culmination of a long quest for the extraordinary by the Italian design visionary, Gian Piero Staffa.
		ALTO delivers a full range of analog and digital processors, including revolutionary new products you won't find anywhere else.
		ALTO products have been designed and engineered for the performing musician and professional sound engineer.
	www.altopa.com /default.asp?p_id=4 (526 words)

	Alto Restaurant
		Alto is a luxury Italian restaurant featuring Scott Conant's interpretation of Northern Italian cuisine, located in the Rockefeller Center area.
		Alto features a selection of over 700 different wines, showcasing the Grand Cru's of Europe.
		For lunch, Alto offers an "Espresso" 2 course pre-fixe for $30.00, as well as the a la carte menu.
	www.opentable.com /rest_profile.aspx?rid=4002 (199 words)

	HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things
		Created in 1973, the Xerox Alto CPU was the first fully networked personal computer--complete with bit mapping, a mouse, and ethernet networking capability.
		Xerox Corporation, which developed the computer at its Palo Alto Research Laboratory, was unsuccessful in marketing the technology, however.
		Apple Computer Company adopted many of the features of the Alto in its Macintosh computer.
	historywired.si.edu /object.cfm?ID=337 (85 words)

	PARC History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The award is given to an institution or individual(s) in recognition for developing a system software that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both.
		The system allows users to create complex documents by combining computing, text editing and graphics, and to access file servers and printers around the world through simple point-and-click actions, a functionality that has yet to be matched by today's computing systems.
		Along with the development of Ethernet, Alto and research prototypes of networking protocols for distributed computing, this leads to the development of XNS, Xerox's robust, leading-edge networking protocol.
	www.parc.xerox.com /about/history/default.html (6113 words)

	The alto Project Home Page: Link-time Code Optimization
		Traditional optimizing compilers are limited in the scope of their optimizations by the fact that only a single function, or possibly a single module, is available for analysis and optimization.
		ALTO: A Platform for Object Code Modification, by Robert Muth.
		Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
	www.cs.arizona.edu /alto (431 words)

	Alto Memory Booster - AltoSoftware.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Alto Block All removes all advertisements - either text or images - while you are surfing.
		Alto Memory Booster was designed to boost up the computers performance via more intelligent and efficient memory management.
		This method gives an increase in applications speed up to two times your normal speed.
	www.altosoftware.com (80 words)

	Alto Equipment of McKinleyville, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Established in 1998, Alto Equipment, Inc. is a family owned and operated business specializing in new and used farm, construction and logging equipment.
		Most non-stocked parts can be shipped overnight and attachments within a few days.
		Alto Equipment, Inc. sells nationwide but has focused on the markets of Northern and Southern California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
	www.altoequipment.com (158 words)

	alto cinco!
		Alto Cinco takes pride in the fact that our food contains NO LARD and NO Our rice, beans, salsa, guacamole and sauces are vegetarian and, together with our chips and soups, are made fresh daily from the finest ingredients.
		Not only do we offer some of the best vegetarian food antwhere, we also offer most of our dishes vegan-style.
		Alto Cinco doesn't serve any red meat or pork.
	www.alto-cinco.com /takeout.htm (134 words)

	City of Palo Alto: Foothills Park Nature Preserve
		Bounded by Portola Valley, Los Altos Hills, The Pearson-Arastradero Preserve and Los Trancos Open Space, the 1,400-acre Foothills Park is a nature lover's paradise.
		Guests must be accompanied through the entrance by a Palo Alto resident.
		The land for Foothills Park was sold to the City of Palo Alto by Dr. Russel Lee, founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic, in 1958, on the condition that it be preserved as open space.
	www.city.palo-alto.ca.us /community-services/nat-foothills.html (651 words)

	Palo Alto Online: Home Page
		The cyclist killed Friday on old Palo Mill Road above Palo Alto was indentified Saturday as John Eric Peckham, 31, of Mountain View, who was on a ride with a bicycle racing club.
		Photographers from the Palo Alto Weekly are out taking pictures of local people, sports and other events every day.
		Palo Alto Online is proud to be the information resource for the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Leader's Circle.
	www.paloaltoonline.com (998 words)

	Nice. Easy. Alto [+]
		At Alto, we aim to keep the design process nice and easy.
		'Easy' isn't suggesting that all things are easy to solve - but that our clients are comfortably guided through sometimes difficult and complex problems and that Alto enables and supports them in discovering the best solution.
		We have collated some online resources that you might find helpful.
	www.alto.net.nz (115 words)

	Palo Alto Research Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation, conducts pioneering interdisciplinary research in the physical, computational, and social sciences.
		Building on a 36-year tradition of innovation, PARC today provides research services, technology, and intellectual property to Xerox and other strategic partners.
		are trademarks or registered trademarks of Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated.
	www.parc.xerox.com (278 words)

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