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11/21/2006

(Video) A Look Back: $9,995 Apple Lisa

The Apple Lisa "was first introduced in January 1983 (announced on January 19) at a cost of $9,995 US ($19,000 in 2005 dollars). It was one of the first commercial personal computers to have a GUI and a mouse." Video after the jump.
It used a Motorola 68000 CPU at a 5 MHz clock rate and had 1 MB RAM. The first Lisa had two custom 5¼ inch floppy disk drives designed with two head assemblies, one per side, which could seek independently. These drives required custom media with two head openings. They were nicknamed "Twiggy" drives. An optional external 5 MB Apple ProFile hard drive (originally designed for the Apple III) was also offered

First 5 minutes is just an introduction, skip past for the news segment.

This entry was posted on 11/21/2006 02:20am and is filed under Apple, Computers, Video .
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Posted at 11/21/2006 8:45pm by jack
I love how he compares everything to things on a desktop. "Pads of paper"
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Posted at 11/22/2006 09:59am by Alfred
Hey everyone - it's Alfred. Yes, sorry for the long intro to my Lisa video - holy crap, I didn't think that many people would even want to see it. Glad to see it is posted here. I have MORE stuff to come, from my archives, as well as some blogs telling about 'the old days' when I used to sell this stuff, starting from 1978. You can see my other YouTube movies at www.youtube.com/adiblasi -- make sure you check out "G4 Upgrade" and "Gear Slut". Oh, and one more note. I still have the Lisa and the external hard drive, along with an Apple /// and NeXT Cube -- so you'll be seeing those in action soon after the holidays. Thanks again for watching! My YouTube hits are over 5,000 already. Incredible! - Alfred
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Posted at 11/23/2006 11:14am by Alfred
Hi everyone, it's Alfred. Yes, sorry for that long introduction. I am glad that you all enjoyed the 'retro computing' video featuring the Lisa. I still have that system -- so the next video will be a tour inside the system. Thanks for watching!
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