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From: Azog-Thoth@cup.portal.com (William Thomas Daugustine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple lisa
Message-ID: <37512@cup.portal.com>
Date: 3 Jan 91 03:49:32 GMT
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I am looking for info on the Apple Lisa computer... What little I know:

I recall a few years ago (around 1983?), a lot of media hype (the same
stuff that heralds a new computer) about the Apple Lisa, and mildly 
recall its rather expensive price.

A little while later, Apple introduced the Mac, thusly digging a premature
grave for the Lisa.

Practical experence on my side with the Lisa is nil: Ive turned it on a 
few times, and noted its quite similar apperence to the Mac, which might
lead on to assume that the Lisa is a Mac 'prototype'. Execpt for the 
largish case on the Lisa (and a few other oddities), the Lisa might
just as well be a Mac: same screen, mouse, similar keyboard, same
diskette drive (visually... its missing a much needed mechanical eject).

Can any one give me hard info on the Lisa? I might be able to get my hands
on one for about $150, with mostly everything (including a ST-506 5mb 
hard drive! wow!). Unfortunatly, the machine lacks diskettes. I dunno if
there is anything on the hard drive (no cable to mate it to the box with)...

Thanx for any info

Billy D'Augustine
Azog-Thoth@cup.portal.com