Changes: Lisa

Latest revision as of 05:12, 21 January 2018

"Apple invents the personal computer. Again."

Back in the early 80s, Apple knew that graphical interfaces were the future, so they had a big project for that. The Lisa was very advanced for a personal computer at the time, with modern features like multitasking and protected memory. However, that brought its downfall: it cost a whooping $9,995 (almost $24,000 adjusted for inflation), and it was a sluggish machine because the operating system was too sophisticated for the hardware.

Since the Lisa was a flop, Apple went for their "plan B" the following year: the Macintosh, a simpler machine that they could sell for a fourth of that price.

Games[]

The Lisa was designed and sold for business use so not many games exist. Most are homebrew games made in the last few years but there were a few unofficial ports from the Macintosh including Lode Runner and Vegas slots which were probably made by rich computer enthusiasts with nothing better to do with their lives.

External links[]

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Third Generation
Consoles	Action Max - Atari 7800 - Amstrad GX4000 - RDI Halcyon - View-Master Interactive Vision - Sega Master System - Nintendo Entertainment System - Casio PV-1000 - VTech Socrates - Epoch Super Cassete Vision
Computers	Mattel Aquarius - Acorn Archimedes - Commodore 64 - Amstrad CPC - Fujitsu FM-7 - Apple Lisa - Apple Macintosh - Microsoft MS-DOS - ASCII MSX - ASCII MSX2 - IBM OS-2 - NEC PC-88 - NEC PC-98 - Amstrad PCW - Sinclair QL - Commodore VIC-20 - Sharp X1 - Sinclair ZX Spectrum

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+Back in the early 80s, Apple knew that graphical interfaces were the future, so they had a big project for that. The Lisa was very advanced for a personal computer at the time, with modern features like multitasking and protected memory. However, that brought its downfall: it cost a whooping $9,995 (almost $24,000 adjusted for inflation), and it was a sluggish machine because the operating system was too sophisticated for the hardware.
-[[File:Apple Lisa logo.png|center|360px]]
+Since the Lisa was a flop, Apple went for their "plan B" the following year: the [[Macintosh]], a simpler machine that they could sell for a fourth of that price.
-<center>''"Apple invents the personal computer. Again."''</center>
+== Games ==
-Back in the early 80s, Apple knew that graphical interfaces were the future, so they had a big project for that. The Lisa was very advanced for a personal computer at the time, with modern features like protected memory and preemptive multitasking. However, that brought its downfall: it cost a whooping $9,995 (almost $24,000 adjusted for inflation), and it was a sluggish machine because the operating system was too sophisticated for the hardware.
+The Lisa was designed and sold for business use so not many games exist. Most are homebrew games made in the last few years but there were a few unofficial ports from the Macintosh including Lode Runner and Vegas slots which were probably made by rich computer enthusiasts with nothing better to do with their lives.
-Since the Lisa was a flop, Apple went for their "plan B" - the [[Macintosh]], a simpler machine that they could sell for less than a third of that price.
 ==External links==
 * [http://lisa.sunder.net/ Lisa emulator] ([http://www.applefritter.com/node/20185#comment-45735 tutorial], [http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/lisa-os-2-and-3 OS download])
+* [http://www.macmothership.com/lisacontent/lisahome.html The Mothership's Apple Lisa archives]
+* [ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/../pub/apple_II/images/applelisa/ Asimov's Apple Lisa FTP archives]
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+{{Third Generation}}
 [[Category:Apple]]
+[[Category:Third Generation]]