Tag: Apple Lisa OS source code

Apple LISA-1 sold for more than US$ 50,000

January 15, 2018 0 Comments on Apple LISA-1 sold for more than US$ 50,000
Posted in Apple News, News, Retro Computing History, Retro News, Scene News

If you think that paying US$ 15,000 for a brand new, fully loaded iMac is crazy, imagining paying 4 times that for an Apple LISA? Call A.P.P.L.E website just reported that an Apple LISA 1 was sold on eBay for a whopping USD 56,100. The unit is fully functional and came with lots of manuals and software, says the buyer…

Apple Lisa Operating System source code to be released in 2018

December 27, 2017 0 Comments on Apple Lisa Operating System source code to be released in 2018
Posted in Apple II, Apple News, News, Programming, Retro Computing History, Retro News, Scene News

Would you buy new a computer for US$ 24,000 nowadays? Unless you are loaded, the answer is probably “no”. That is what happened with the Apple Lisa when it was released in 1983 for US$ 10,000. Although it had very cool technology with its Graphic User Interface and the use of a mouse to interact with the computer, only about…