History of Xerox

The Begining

Apr 16, 1906

Heloid Photographic Company founded in Rochester New York. Primarily produced phtographic paper and equipment.

Model A

Jan 1, 1949

The Model A was considered the first "copy machine."

First Plain Paper Comercial Copier Produced

Sep 16, 1959

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/

PARC

Jan 1, 1970

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/

Xerox Alto

Mar 1, 1973

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.

8010 Star

Jan 1, 1981

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.