Tag: Apple Lisa

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…

If you are using Windows, OSX or any Linux graphical interface you are using the product of a groundbreaking project from the early 70’s, the Xerox Alto. The Alto was the first computer designed around a graphical user interface and introduced Ethernet and the laser printer[1] to the world. This article published on Ken Shirriff’s blog talks about the Alto and its impact…

Blake Patterson has published on his blog “The Byte Cellar” an interview he made with the members of a group responsible for the first demo for the Apple Lisa. The interview happened via IRC channel back in 2011, and he now decided to take it from his archive and make it public. Even being four years old, it is fascinating…