Apple Lisa - Revision history

Jnc: /* External Links */ +Memories of Lisa

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‎External Links: +Memories of Lisa

Jnc: /* Further reading */ +Digital Retro

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‎Further reading: +Digital Retro

Jnc: /* External Links */ +one from Paul Allen's collection at the LCM

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‎External Links: +one from Paul Allen's collection at the LCM

Jnc: /* External Links */ +the Lisa had a different screen resolution than the Macintosh

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‎External Links: +the Lisa had a different screen resolution than the Macintosh

Jnc: The machine for which Apple produced their WIMP GUI

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The machine for which Apple produced their WIMP GUI

Jnc: Originally planned to use a custom uproc before the MC68000 appeared

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Originally planned to use a custom uproc before the MC68000 appeared

Jnc: /* External Links */ Several extra links, including a good IEEE history

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‎External Links: Several extra links, including a good IEEE history

Jnc: +cat

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+cat

Legalize: link text

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link text

Legalize: bitsavers link

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bitsavers link

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 * [https://info.computerhistory.org/apple-lisa-code The Art of Code: Apple Lisa]
 ** [https://computerhistory.org/blog/apple-lisa-still-more-to-uncover/ Apple Lisa: Still More to Uncover] - how the Lisa code was saved and made available
 * [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/ lisa] - copious documentation on [[BitSavers]]
 ** [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/development_history/articles/Perkins_-_Inventing_the_Lisa_User_Interface_199704.pdf Inventing the Lisa User Interface]

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		+	==Further reading==
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		+	* Gordon Laing, ''Digital Retro: The Evolution and Design of the Personal Computer'', Sybex, Alameda, 2004

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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 * [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/ lisa] - copious documentation on [[BitSavers]]
 ** [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/development_history/articles/Perkins_-_Inventing_the_Lisa_User_Interface_199704.pdf Inventing the Lisa User Interface]
 * [http://bitsavers.org/bits/Apple/Lisa/ Lisa] - software and firmware images
 * [https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Square_Dots.txt Square Dots] - the Lisa had a different screen resolution than the Macintosh

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 * [https://spectrum.ieee.org/apple-lisa The Lisa Was Apple’s Best Failure] - excellent overview from the [[IEEE]]
-* [https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-lisa-apples-most-influential-failure/ The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure] - similar content, from the [[Computer History Museum|CHM]]
+* [https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-lisa-apples-most-influential-failure/ The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure] - another version, from the [[Computer History Museum|CHM]]
 * [https://info.computerhistory.org/apple-lisa-code The Art of Code: Apple Lisa]
 ** [https://computerhistory.org/blog/apple-lisa-still-more-to-uncover/ Apple Lisa: Still More to Uncover] - how the Lisa code was saved and made available
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 ** [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/apple/lisa/development_history/articles/Perkins_-_Inventing_the_Lisa_User_Interface_199704.pdf Inventing the Lisa User Interface]
 * [http://bitsavers.org/bits/Apple/Lisa/ Lisa] - software and firmware images
 [[Category: Apple Computers]]
 [[Category: Workstations]]

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-The famous '''Apple Lisa''' was the precursor to the [[Macintosh]].  The Lisa was trying for the 3M's of the time... 1 million bytes of RAM (1MB), 1MB of storage, and a 1000x1000 display... While falling short in the display area the Lisa came close.
+The famous '''Apple Lisa''' was the precursor to the [[Macintosh]]. It was the machine for which [[Apple]] reduced the somewhat inchoate [[graphical user interface]] ideas which it had gotten from [[Xerox PARC]] to their final polished form ('WIMP' - [[window]]s, icons, menus, and pointer), as later used on the Macintosh, and copied by [[Microsoft]] in [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]].
-Originally planned to have a custom [[microprocessor]], once the [[Motorola MC68000]] was announced, the decision was fairly quickly made to switch to that. The first generation Lisa's were also noted for having a '[[twiggy]]' drive, a modified 5 1/4" drive. Lisa's also had a 5MB profile hard disk.
+The Lisa was trying for the 3M's of the time... 1 million bytes of RAM (1MB), 1MB of storage, and a 1000x1000 display... While falling short in the display area the Lisa came close. Originally planned to have a custom [[microprocessor]], once the [[Motorola MC68000]] was announced, the decision was fairly quickly made to switch to that. The first generation Lisa's were also noted for having a '[[twiggy]]' drive, a modified 5 1/4" drive. Lisa's also had a 5MB profile hard disk.
 Not surprisingly, the Lisa had a BIG price tag, I remember it being $10,000 USD.  It's not surprising to say it was not a commercial success. Once it became clear the Lisa was not going to make it, they were rebranded as Macintosh XL's.
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 * [https://spectrum.ieee.org/apple-lisa The Lisa Was Apple’s Best Failure] - excellent overview from the [[IEEE]]
 * [https://info.computerhistory.org/apple-lisa-code The Art of Code: Apple Lisa]
 ** [https://computerhistory.org/blog/apple-lisa-still-more-to-uncover/ Apple Lisa: Still More to Uncover] - how the Lisa code was saved and made available
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 [[Category: Apple Computers]]

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-This is the famous Lisa, the precursor to the Macintosh.  The Lisa was trying for the 3M's of the time... 1 million bytes of RAM (1MB), 1MB of storage, and a 1000x1000 display... While falling short in the display area the Lisa came close.  The first generation Lisa's were also noted for having a '[[twiggy]]' drive, a modified 5 1/4" drive.  Lisa's also had a 5MB profile hard disk.
+The famous '''Apple Lisa''' was the precursor to the [[Macintosh]].  The Lisa was trying for the 3M's of the time... 1 million bytes of RAM (1MB), 1MB of storage, and a 1000x1000 display... While falling short in the display area the Lisa came close.
-Not surprisingly, the Lisa had a BIG price tag, I remember it being $10,000 USD.  It's not surprising to say it was not a commercial success.  Once it became clear the Lisa was not going to make it, they were rebranded as Macintosh XL's.
+Originally planned to have a custom [[microprocessor]], once the [[Motorola MC68000]] was announced, the decision was fairly quickly made to switch to that. The first generation Lisa's were also noted for having a '[[twiggy]]' drive, a modified 5 1/4" drive. Lisa's also had a 5MB profile hard disk.
 == Operating Systems ==
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 *[[Xenix]]
 *[[Uniplus]]
 == Emulators ==
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 There are a few good Lisa emulators...
-[[LisaEM]]
+* [[LisaEM]]
+* [[Idle]]
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 [[Idle]]
-== External Links ==
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-*[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/Apple/Lisa/ Lisa software and firmware images on BitSavers]
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+* [https://spectrum.ieee.org/apple-lisa The Lisa Was Apple’s Best Failure] - excellent overview from the [[IEEE]]
 [[Category: Apple Computers]]

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		+	== External Links ==
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		+	*[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/bits/Apple/Lisa/ BitSavers software and firmware images]

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