Xerox announces the new Xerox 860 lnformation Processing System. Unlike previous Xerox office products, the 860 makes use of software application programs that can be read into the system's memory from prerecorded floppy discs.

Most people don't know about the Xerox 860 Information Processing System. Here's a bit of info. The 860 IPS (and the slightly less capable 850) was the top-end word processor in the industry, displayed with pride at the head offices of all the big corporations.

The Xerox 860 was equipped with one of the first WYSIWYG word processors: BravoX (later called "Xerox Document System Editor") which was originally developed for the 1972 Xerox Alto and became the predecessor of virtually all modern word processors.

Apr 25, 2013 · From the bitsavers.org collection, a scanned-in computer-related document.

Jul 24, 2009 · If you are looking for Xerox 860 parts, I might have what you need; including several keyboards, full page monitors and the innards of the console. Of the five systems, three of them were scrapped but I saved the console innards: digital and power supply circuit boards, power transformers and Schuggart 8" drives.

Jan 19, 2025 · Xerox verbaute zwei dieser Massenspeichermonster im System. Disketten konnten dabei mit maximal 600 KByte beschrieben werden, dies reichte gewöhnlich für bis zu 560 Seiten. Das Modell 860 war auch netzwerkfähig ( Ethernet ).

The 860 Communications Accessory provides the capability of connecting the Xerox 860 with suitably configured 860s, computers, or the 860 with the Xerox 850 Display Typing System and some other word processors. The Communications Accessory transmits and receives information over telephone and other voice grade networks at speeds ranging

The brochure features the 860 Information Processing System and the 850 Display Typing System and accessories for them, the 860 partial page display and the 850 automatic paper feeder accessory. The brochure's front cover is a jacket that houses 3 se.

The brochure features the 860 Information Processing System and the 850 Display Typing System and accessories for them, the 860 partial page display and the 850 automatic paper feeder accessory.

The 860 IPS (and the slightly less capable 850) was the top-end word processor in the industry, displayed with pride at the head offices of all the big corporations. Many corporate documentation departments depended on this system to produce technical documentation.