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Apple Lisa

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January 19, 1983: Apple Lisa is Introduced

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Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa

Happy Birthday to me.

1983 – at an introductory price of $9995, Apple introduces the Lisa computer – the first computer with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). The computer featured a 5 MHz 68000 microprocessor, 1 MB RAM, 12″ monochrome monitor, dual 5.25″ 860 KB floppy drives, a 5 MB hard drive and more. 

Lisa cost Apple Computer US$50 million to develop. The software for it cost Apple Computer US$100 million to develop.“Lisa” is an acronym for Local Integrated Software Architecture.

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  • I Love Lucy gave birth on TV
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NeXT Computer - Steve Jobs

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September 18,1989: NeXTstepOS, 1990: NeXTstation Computers

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1989 – 4 years after resigning from Apple, Steve Jobs and his newest company NeXT finally release the NeXTstepOS. It is a Unix based system, with some aspects of BSD and using the Mach kernal. This is the OS that will eventually merge into Apple when Jobs comes back.

1990 – The NeXTstation is finally released. It used the 68040 Motorola processor running 33MHz and the 68882 math co-processor running at 25 MHz. 2.88 MB floppy, 8 MB RAM, monochrome monitor, all for $4.995.If you wanted 4096 colors, that would cost you – $7,995.

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  • ICANN is formed
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Apple Lisa

Apple/ Day in Tech History

January 19, 1983: Apple Lisa Introduced

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Apple Lisa
Apple Lisa

Happy Birthday to me.

1983 – at an introductory price of $9995, Apple introduces the Lisa computer – the first computer with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). The computer featured a 5 MHz 68000 microprocessor, 1 MB RAM, 12″ monochrome monitor, dual 5.25″ 860 KB floppy drives, a 5 MB hard drive and more. Lisa cost Apple Computer US$50 million to develop. The software for it cost Apple Computer US$100 million to develop.“Lisa” is an acronym for Local Integrated Software Architecture.

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  • I Love Lucy gave birth on TV
  • First IBM PC virus was “the Brain”
  • MegaUpload was Closed
  • New York sets up 911 to accept photos from cell phones.
NeXT Computer - Steve Jobs

Apple/ Day in Tech History

September 18,1989: NeXTstepOS, 1990: NeXTstation Computers

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NeXT Logo
NeXT Logo

1989 – 4 years after resigning from Apple, Steve Jobs and his newest company NeXT finally release the NeXTstepOS. It is a Unix based system, with some aspects of BSD and using the Mach kernal. This is the OS that will eventually merge into Apple when Jobs comes back.

1990 – The NeXTstation is finally released. It used the 68040 Motorola processor running 33MHz and the 68882 math co-processor running at 25 MHz. 2.88 MB floppy, 8 MB RAM, monochrome monitor, all for $4.995.If you wanted 4096 colors, that would cost you – $7,995.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for September 18

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  • ICANN is formed
  • Transformer takes down the Hadron Collider
  • Microsoft stock splits for the first time
MegaUpload

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January 19, 2012: MegaUpload Taken Down, 1983: Apple Lisa Introduced

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MegaUpload
MegaUpload

2012 – Federal prosecutors shut down the file-sharing site MegaUpload.com. People that visited the site saw a FBI Anti-piracy takedown notice. The seized website mentions MegaUpload was accused of conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit money laundering and criminal copyright infringement.

2013 – Kim Dot Com starts the website “Mega”

1983 – at an introductory price of $9995, Apple introduces the Lisa computer – the first computer with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). The computer featured a 5 MHz 68000 microprocessor, 1 MB RAM, 12″ monochrome monitor, dual 5.25″ 860 KB floppy drives, a 5 MB hard drive and more. Lisa cost Apple Computer US$50 million to develop. The software for it cost Apple Computer US$100 million to develop.“Lisa” is an acronym for Local Integrated Software Architecture.

Wikazine – Full show notes for January 19

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  • I Love Lucy gave birth on TV
  • First IBM PC virus was “the Brain”
  • New York sets up 911 to accept photos from cell phones.