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From: rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple lisa
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Date: 15 Jan 91 06:16:24 GMT
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>>> PDP-11...considerably punier machine...

I for one, do not consider the PDP-11 to be punier than the 68000.
One big problem with the Lisa was its terrible memory management hardwared.
Plus, even at 5 Mhz there were wait states (associated with video display).
The stock 68000 is not a good machine to multitask.
Finally, slow is a very relative term.  I used a Lisa for years after the
Macs appeared. It wasn't until the Mac II  ci came around that I finally
stopped using the Lisa.  I now have a Mac II fx and I wouldn't trade it for
a Lisa (or a PDP-11!).