Tech: Apple Lisa Demo (1984)

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READ ME FIRST: The intro is VERY long. Let it buffer for 5 minutes to skip directly to the Lisa demo.

Filmed in 1984, Alfred (yes, that's me) demonstrates the $10,000 Apple Lisa computer on a tri-state cable channel. This was a very early 'mass introduction' to a system that had a graphical user interface, icons, pull down menus, and a rodential input device called 'a mouse.'

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Enjoy the time warp with this video!

Warm regards,

Alfred

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 19, 2006 at 9:50 pm
Author: adiblasi

Length: 00:18:32
Rating: 4.72
Views: 253875

Tags: Apple Computer Xerox Star Alto PARC Palo Research Center Larry Tessler Woz Wozniak Lisa Macintosh Mac Alfred Alfred.tv Metadestroyer Steve Jobs GUI Mouse Retro Windows

Video Comments:
montruo000000007 (September 24, 2008 at 8:10 pm)
wow, nostalgia strikes in
Coldacre (September 22, 2008 at 6:43 am)
a great trip down memory lane
Naud1234 (September 22, 2008 at 2:42 am)
what a bad computer!!!
rgm1984 (September 21, 2008 at 11:26 pm)
By the time it takes to load the calculator, you could easily just pull one out of your desk if you have it.

The Lisa was cutting edge for its time though. Thanks for posting!
halo3d (September 19, 2008 at 3:46 am)
lol wow..

the guy changes font size and the woman goes.. thats amazing rofl.. amazing what happens in 20 or so years.. back then we had piece of shit processors barely being able to run notepad like apps.. and now we have quad cores .. many gigs of ram and games like crysis etc.
viking396 (September 21, 2008 at 3:30 pm)
halo3d,

When you were two you could only crap your pants, I'm guessing your capabilities have improved since then.

They weren't POS processors back then, they were state of the art for their time. If not for them you would not have quad cores today, like you, they have improved.
ecrocksmysocks (September 22, 2008 at 12:11 am)
Hey man, if they never perfected the GUI, you probably would still be playing pong and using DOS.

You've got to start somewhere.
hudog2008 (September 16, 2008 at 11:34 am)
that is awesome. that was a trip. your hair was almost as big as mine back then : )
liquidtension (September 16, 2008 at 12:55 am)
"Let me continue typing" ... "CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK!" I thought that was funny for some reason.
goreparade (September 15, 2008 at 7:34 pm)
Yeah, that doesn't work so well on Vista.