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BCC was formed by members from Berkeley's [[Project Genie]], where they made hardware and software for creating the [[Berkeley Timesharing System|BTSS]] timesharing system running on an [[Scientific Data Systems|SDS]] [[SDS 930|930]], eventually resulting in SDS offering the [[SDS 940|940]] as a product. When the BCC offices closed, the staff went on to [[Xerox]] [[Xerox PARC|PARC]] where they created first the [[MAXC]] and later the [[Alto]]. | BCC was formed by members from Berkeley's [[Project Genie]], where they made hardware and software for creating the [[Berkeley Timesharing System|BTSS]] timesharing system running on an [[Scientific Data Systems|SDS]] [[SDS 930|930]], eventually resulting in SDS offering the [[SDS 940|940]] as a product. When the BCC offices closed, the staff went on to [[Xerox]] [[Xerox PARC|PARC]] where they created first the [[MAXC]] and later the [[Alto]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:47, 21 October 2021
The BCC 500 was a computer made by the Berkeley Computer Corporation. When the company went bankrupt, the prototype went to Hawaii and was successfully deployed as an ARPANET host. It was also the hub of the ALOHA network which inspired Ethernet.
BCC was formed by members from Berkeley's Project Genie, where they made hardware and software for creating the BTSS timesharing system running on an SDS 930, eventually resulting in SDS offering the 940 as a product. When the BCC offices closed, the staff went on to Xerox PARC where they created first the MAXC and later the Alto.
External links
- Documentation at Bitsavers: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bcc/
- and http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/univOfHawaii/
