Tag: Lisa

For those of you who missed out on seeing David Greelish’s wonderful documentary movie, “Before Macintosh”, you can now watch it free on YouTube. “Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa” is a fascinating look into the computer that really changed the way we used personal computers; it started the modern personal computer revolution! Not only did key people from the project go on to help create the Macintosh, but so did key components of both hardware and software. In the end, Apple…

Steve Chamberlain has announced the addition of a number of new features to the latest version of the Big Mess O’ Wires BMOW Floppy Emu Disk Emulator. Included in the latest update is: Writeable WOZ and NIB disk image support Forgettable disk images Dual 5.25 inch floppy disk emulation These new additions to the firmware of the BMOW Floppy Emu mean that users will not only be able to use the BMOW Floppy Emu as a storage unit for programs…

Vintage Micros (http://www.vintagemicros.com) has produced and released one of the hardest to find products for the Apple Lisa computer.  The Lisa DAC Sound Card is considered to be the holy grail of collectables for the Lisa and now for a limited time, they are offering the card for sale for $229.00  The card uses the Lisa speaker to produce the sound and can produce anything from standard computer sounds to full blown voice and audio reproduction.  The card comes with…

By Charles T. LukaszewskiSun Remarketing, Inc.MacTech QuarterlySpring 1989 — Page 54 Apple’s Lisa computer never had a chance. Its windows and mice were ahead of their time. A nice sports car cost less than a minimally-configured Lisa system. And the most significant obstacle, which shaped Lisa’s decline and recent return, was that Steve Jobs didn’t want it, and for a very good reason. Jobs’ pet project, code-named Macintosh, was introduced one year after the Lisa at one-third the price. But…