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Lisa is not an Apple ///



In article <mark-251093180426@128.157.9.145>
Mark Manning, mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
>Lisa, Lisa/Mac, Apple ][, ][+, //e, //c, //gs, and Apple /// (which is,
>of course, the Lisa). :)

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)