The History of Personal Computing

Apple Lisa

On today’s show, we’re covering the Apple Lisa, Steve Jobs’ attempt at pushing the Graphic User Interface to the public.

From Wikipedia: “Contrary to common belief, it was not the first personal computer to offer a graphical user interface in a machine aimed at individual business users. Development of the Lisa began in 1978. The Lisa sold poorly, with only 100,000 units sold. In 1982, after Steve Jobs was forced out of the Lisa project, he joined the Macintosh project. The Macintosh is not a direct descendant of Lisa, although there are obvious similarities between the systems. The final revision, the Lisa 2/10, was modified and sold as the Macintosh XL.”

Are these two “facts” correct? Jeff & David discuss.

Links mention in this episode:

• OSI-300 replica board
• ‘A word processor so simple my PA could use it’: Joyce turns 30
• Replacing 2708 EPROMS with 2716s
• Picture of a Bytesaver for an Altair
• Micro men movie

Auctions picked for this episode:

• Jeff’s
  • Apple Lisa 2 Computer – VERY COLLECTABLE!!!
  • Vintage Apple Lisa Model# A6S0200 Computer Desktop
  • APPLE LISA 1 ADVERTISEMENT BROCHURE, 1983 – LisaGraph
• David’s
  • Apple Lisa 2
  • VINTAGE APPLE LISA COMPUTER MODEL# A6S0200 WITH KEYBOARD & MOUSE, 3 FLOPPY DISCS
  • Vintage LISA Apple 2/10 With Lisa Keyboard Mouse

Additional auctions

• Jeff
  • Apple II Plus Computer Clone
  • TANDY 600 PORTABLE COMPUTER
    
• David
  • ANTIQUE ELECTRONIC QUIZ GAME EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER
  • VINTAGE BATTERY OPERATED BELLS
  • GEEK ALERT: super rare UNIVAC front panel with 57 switches and 9 circuit boards

Thank you for listening!