The ACMS Presents 40 Years of the Apple LISA and the birth of the desktop.

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Australian Computer Museum Society

Join us for the 40th Birthday of one of the most important computer birthdays of modern computing history. The Apple LISA turns 40!

National Computer Heritage Centre

LISA Turns 40!On January 19, 2023 the Apple LISA celebrates its 40th Birthday. The Apple LISA computer was one of the most important technological introductions in modern computing, heralding a wider availability and understanding of many modern technologoies we could not live without today. These include one of the first commercially successful pointing devices (The Mouse), the GUI (Graphical User Interface), The idea of the "Desktop", the birth of Desktop Publishing (DTP), WYSIWYG production and so much more!Come and see a series of unique and wonderful Australian flavoured Apple LISA artefacts, meet the historians, users and developers and join us in this informative and engaging event of an interactive nature, video and hardware show and tell.In addition; a series of personal remembrances and technological observations from Sean McNamara, who first entered the DTP industry in 1987 at one of Australia's first DTP bureaux.Meet;Adrian Franulovich - President of the ACMS and Apple Lisa user, owner and restorer extraordinaire.Madeline McAndrews - Apple LISA user and guruDavid Strong - Original Apple Australia Managing DirectorSean McNamara - Apple II and DTP guru &amp; Others See;The original LISA launch on the big screen, see and hear the wonderful tehcnological enhancements of the LISA. An Apple LISA 1, Lisa 2/5, Macintosh XL all in the flesh!The computers of the years before the LISA including the Apple II, Apple ///, Obsourne 1 and IBM 5150Prototype Apple LISA Parts, Manufacturing boards and unicorn rare Apple UNIFILE/eBOXThe original LISA mouse, advertising and posters and Fileware Floppy disk!Samples and memorabilia from the early desktop publishing industry (and before!) available for viewing care of Sean McNamara.Touch;Book some time on a LISA as an additional bonus!When;January 21st at the NCHC, 9 West Street CROYDON NSW.Tickets essential. Limited capacity. Payment can be made via Eventbrite or in cash at the door.The event runs from 11~am to 4:00pm;*** General Admission ***11:00am open with 11:30AM Start.11:30 AM - Introducing the LISA. Watching the original launch, talk from Madeleine McAndrews and Adrian Franulovich about the LISA and its features, the introduction of the first successful GUI and comparisons to its predecessors the XEROX Star and Alto.12:30pm to 1:00pm - LUNCH Break1:00 PM - Seeing the LISA in Action along with Apple /// and other devices.1:20~ Q&amp; A And open discussion with members of the panel including orignal Apple Australia Managing Director DAVID STRONGAfterwards;Sean McNamamara will discuss the desktop publishing revolution!Cost;$25 for non-members. (includes 90 Day membership and joining fee)$0 for ACMS members. (Or $36 renewal if your membership has lapsed)LUNCH$7. 50	2 Snags and a Can/ bottle | $12.50 	Vagan 2 Snags and a Can/ bottle************All proceeds go towards The Australian Computer Museum Society in supporting events and the protection of Australian and other retro and vintage technology along with the support and education of The Australian Public. Additional donations are welcome and all donations over $2 are tax deductible to the ACMS Charity as a DGR / NFP Charity.************THE LISA (From Wikipedia)Lisa is a desktop computer developed by Apple, released on January 19, 1983. It is one of the first personal computers to present a graphical user interface (GUI) in a machine aimed at individual business users. Its development began in 1978.[2] It underwent many changes before shipping at US$9,995 (equivalent to $27,190 in 2021) with a five-megabyte hard drive. It was affected by its high price, insufficient software, unreliable Apple FileWare floppy disks (Twiggy) , and the immediate release of the cheaper and faster Macintosh. Only 10,000 were sold in two years.Considered a commercial failure (albeit one with technical acclaim), Lisa introduced a number of advanced features that reappeared on the Macintosh and eventually IBM PC compatibles. Among them is an operating system with protected memory[3] and a document-oriented workflow. The hardware was more advanced overall than the forthcoming Macintosh 128K; the Lisa included hard disk drive support, capacity for up to 2 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM), expansion slots, and a larger, higher-resolution display.The complexity of the Lisa operating system and its associated programs (most notably its office suite), as well as the ad hoc protected memory implementation (due to the lack of a Motorola MMU), placed a high demand on the CPU and, to some extent, the storage system. As a result of cost-cutting measures designed to bring it more into the consumer market, advanced software, and factors such as the delayed availability of the 68000 and its impact on the design process, Lisa's user experience feels sluggish overall. The workstation-tier price (albeit at the low end of the spectrum at the time) and lack of a technical software application library made it a difficult sell for much of the technical workstation market. Compounding matters, the runaway success of the IBM PC and Apple's decision to compete with itself, mainly via the lower-cost Macintosh, were further impediments to its acceptance.In 1982, after Steve Jobs was forced out of the Lisa project by Apple's board of directors,[4] he appropriated the Macintosh project from Jef Raskin, who had originally conceived of a sub-$1,000 text-based appliance computer in 1979. Jobs immediately redefined Macintosh as a less expensive and more focused version of the graphical Lisa.When Macintosh launched in January 1984, it quickly surpassed Lisa's sluggish sales. Jobs then began assimilating increasing numbers of Lisa staff, as he had done with the Apple II division after assuming control over Raskin's project. Newer Lisa models were eventually introduced to address its shortcomings but, even after lowering the list price considerably, the platform failed to achieve favorable sales numbers compared to the much less expensive Mac. The final model, the Lisa 2/10, was rebranded as the Macintosh XL to become the high-end model in the Macintosh series.[5]

Above ;The LISA Devleopment teamThree Apple LISA's Adrian Franulovich restored in 2007 (Lisa 1, 2 and XL)The exceptionally unique Apple LISA Twiggy disk (Fileware) floppy (The only compputer ever released to use it!)

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