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Hello Tom - 

CA>> I never used or even saw a LISA. I did have an APPLE II+
CA>> though. If the LISA followed the prevailing philosophy of
CA>> the APPLE computer then I would say it was the consistency
CA>> that made the difference. 

TW> It was a FULL Quantium Leap into the Graphichal User
TW> Interface. Not like the Apple II at all basicly. 

I _did_ see pictures of the LISA and read various reviews. I
was online using "The Source" and reading the APPLE SIG there. 

TW> It was a short lived production run 

Yes, it was too expensive for the time. 

TW> thouhg as it was replaced by the MAc a short time later.
TW> But the MAC used the same basic GUI, Reportedly Stolen from
TW> Xerox. 

The 'concept' of a graphical user interface was copied by both
Jobs and Gates. Once WOZ was no longer active at APPLE I lost
interest in the company and purchased a RS Color Computer which
was one of the few that had color displays at that time other
than APPLE. The CoCo had OS9 for $99 and was quite popular with
the hardware types at BYTE magazine.

The first MacIntosh were B&W btw. :-)

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