Re: Lisa is not an Apple ///

[mark@drax.JSC.NASA.GOV (Mark Manning/Metrica)]

In article <2b0va6$1mu@nigel.msen.com>, Steve Dagley <shd@msen.com> writes:
|> 
|> I don't know if the smiley meant you were kidding or not but the Lisa
|> was never known as the Apple ///.  The /// was Apple's attempt to turn
|> the ][ into a serious business machine and might have had a chance if
|> they didn't have a problem with the first machines (they used a new
|> socket design for automated manufacturing that caused chips to pop out
|> when they got hot - I believe all such units were replaced with new
|> machines) and Big Blue decided to enter the PC market at the same time.
|> 
|> Steve
|> (Used to sell 'em)

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No, the smiley didn't mean I was kidding.  We used to call the
/// and Lisas the same thing because (to us at the time) they
were so similar in appearance.  (ie: Big, bulky, and looked kind-of
the same.)  Oh well, what can I say?  A misguided youth.  ;)

(Now THAT was a joking face. -> ;) )
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