21 Jun
1999
21 Jun
'99
10:42 a.m.
In Pirates of Silicon Valley last night (let's not get into the movie
please), they trundled by an Apple Lisa 1 on a cart.
Where the heck did they get a Lisa 1? They're rare as hen's teeth! They
certainly didn't get it from Apple, given the movie's treatment of Steve
Jobs (let's not get into the movie please...)
Has anyone actually seen a Lisa 1 in person, or knows anyone who has one?
Kai
21 Jun
21 Jun
11:03 a.m.
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12:04 p.m.
They got it from The Computer Museum of America. I was just at their web
site today, and saw all sorts of references to the movie, plus I recall
that they said the Apple I they have at the museum is actually just
a mockup that was made for the movie.
http://www.computer-museum.org/
-Lawrence LeMay
In Pirates of Silicon Valley last night (let's not
get into the movie
please), they trundled by an Apple Lisa 1 on a cart.
Where the heck did they get a Lisa 1? They're rare as hen's teeth! They
certainly didn't get it from Apple, given the movie's treatment of Steve
Jobs (let's not get into the movie please...)
Has anyone actually seen a Lisa 1 in person, or knows anyone who has one?
Kai
1:11 p.m.
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
They got it from The Computer Museum of America. I was
just at their web
site today, and saw all sorts of references to the movie, plus I recall
that they said the Apple I they have at the museum is actually just
a mockup that was made for the movie.
http://www.computer-museum.org/
Ummm... Logic error... The unit shown on the Computer-Museum web site is
a LISA 2-10 and is detailed as such.
I'm still leaning toward the modified front bezel theory...
-jim
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3:32 p.m.
I'm still leaning toward the modified front bezel
theory...
I agree, I've got some good pictures of a Lisa 1 around here, IIRC, and
when I saw the Lisa on a preview about a week ago it didn't quite look
right. But my memory might be faulty.
Zane
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12:31 p.m.
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
In Pirates of Silicon Valley last night (let's not
get into the movie
please), they trundled by an Apple Lisa 1 on a cart.
Where the heck did they get a Lisa 1? They're rare as hen's teeth! They
certainly didn't get it from Apple, given the movie's treatment of Steve
Jobs (let's not get into the movie please...)
Has anyone actually seen a Lisa 1 in person, or knows anyone who has one?
Seen one, yes... Way back when in a prior life, and did more than my
share of the 1 -> II conversions... I still have a 'Twiggy' diskette or
two in the collection.
As to the other question... unless they stumbled into one somewhere along
the way, I recall from our discussions with members of the production
company (yes, there is another story there) that they indicated that they
had (or had access to) a LISA II, and a spare front bezel or two that they
were prepared to 'modify' as needed...
I taped the program, and have not had time to watch it yet so I can't
venture a guess as to if the 'LISA I' shown is real, "...or is it
Memorex?"
-jim
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