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The Apple Lisa was a computer system that entered service on January 19, 1983. It was discontinued on August 1, 1986. The device is associated with a user manual and technical documentation, including a theory of operations manual.
Historical records indicate that the Apple Lisa was featured in a 1983 publication titled "apple :: lisa :: signal :: Signal 05 Oct83." This text is archived as a digital document. The subject has been referenced by 597 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, Internet Archive, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Also known as
- Local Integrated Software Architecture
- Developer
- Apple Computer
- Manufacturer
- Apple Computer
- Type
- Personal computer
- Released
- January 19, 1983 ; 43 years ago ( 1983-01-19 )
- Introductory price
- US$9,995 (equivalent to $32,300 in 2025)
- Discontinued
- August 1, 1986 ; 39 years ago ( 1986-08-01 )
- Units sold
- 10,000 - 60,000
- Operating system
- Lisa OS , Xenix , others
- Cpu
- Motorola 68000 @ 5 MHz
- Memory
- 1 MB RAM, 16 KB Boot ROM
- Display
- 12 in (30 cm) monochrome 720×364
- Input
- Keyboard and mouse
- Weight
- 48 lb (22 kg)
- Successor
- Lisa 2, Macintosh XL
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Index of /pdf/apple/lisa
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Internet Archive
textsapple :: lisa :: signal :: Signal 05 Oct83
Read online at Internet Archive →via archive.org
~22 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Lisa is a line of desktop computers that were designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer. It was the first mass-market personal computer operable through a graphical user interface (GUI). The Lisa was primarily marketed to individual and small and medium-sized businesses as a groundbreaking new alternative to much bigger and more expensive mainframes or minicomputers, such as those from IBM, which either required additional, expensive consultancy from the supplier, hiring specially trained personnel, or at least, a much steeper learning curve to maintain and operate.
Development of the Lisa began in 1978; Apple co-founder Steve Jobs received demonstrations of GUI technology being developed by Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), some of which would inspire aspects of the computer's operating system. The Lisa was based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, and utilized an operating system with a window-and-mouse-driven interface, a document-oriented workflow, memory protection, and a pre-loaded office suite.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apple Lisa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.