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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac <-> Lisa Tradeoffs
Message-ID: <947@apple.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Jun-87 20:48:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  6 20:48:13 1987
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In article <3077@eagle.ukc.ac.uk>, jg@eagle.ukc.ac.uk (J.Grant) writes:
> 
> I have been offered a Lisa (Mac XL) 2/5 at what seems a reasonable
> price, before I take the plunge is there anything that I should know?
> 
> I was told that most software was compatible (all but those that
> directly address the sound & the screen), but that could mean anything !...
> ...  Mention was also made that various cards
> have been/are produced that fit the Lisa (esp. processor upgrades
> that would put the machine on a similar footing to the MAC II, although
> I have taken this with a copious amont of salt, is it actually true ?).

Most of the new software coming out will only support the 128K ROM's and
above.  

I personally would not recommend buying a used Mac XL (Lisa) because it is far
slower than even a vanilla Macintosh.  Large screens can be had for the
Macintosh family either real screens or screen extenders like Stepping Out(tm)
which creates a virtual screen with the Mac screen being a window onto it.  
There is also a shareware? BigScreen Init which does something similar
albeit without as many features.

Buying a Mac XL would probably lead to disappointment and disillusionment.
You would be far better off (in this humble poster's opinion) to save your
moullah and buy a Mac Plus, SE, or Mac II.


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