Cookie Monster made computing history 30 years ago..The modern personal computer came to life three decades ago this month when a group of Xerox Corp. engineers projected an image of Cookie Monster, the "Sesame Street" character, onto the screen of an unfinished machine known as the Alto.
It is refreshing to see that the 'personal computer' project was a renegade 'secret' project that was kept alive by researchers when the manager was out on leave.