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> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Vintage Computer
> Festival
> Sent: 11 November 2003 18:34
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: RE: Apple Lisa 1
>
> Witchy,
>
> Where did you get the 70,000 figure from?
Several places from what I remember, but I've just checked all the important
links I'd collected over the last 5 years and they're seemingly
dead.....dammit.....
ah! I originally got it from my stack of Lisa CDs given to me by David Craig
(Lisa historian par excellance) and some of it is now online:
http://www.archaic-apples.com/files/lisa/misc/dtchist.html
"Apple planned to sell around 10,000 Lisas in the last half of 1983 and
40,000 Lisa in 1984. In retrospect, Apple was able to sell around 80,000
Lisas during its 18 month life. On the average Apple sold 4,500 Lisas a
month or 13,000 Lisa a quarter, figures which were very close to Apple's
initial Lisa sales projections (I believe Apple's sales were less than
expected in the first months after the Lisa's introduction, but sales picked
up near the end of the Lisa's life)."
This could mean, of course, that he's talking about the entire Lisa run
including both Lisa 1 and Lisa 2. I'll scour the rest of the stuff I've got
once I get my Mac G3 up and running again so I can read the CDs properly!
> displaying error windows :( By the end of the VCF it had died, and I
> haven't had a chance to figure out what happened. My guess is that the
> power supply went out.
Nightmare!
The main reason I'm scared of powering up my Lisa is it's a US model with
the 1.2A PSU which isn't switchable to 240V so I've got a 70VA transformer
that she's happy with from time to time. I need to get my paws on a 1.8A PSU
that IS switchable......
cheers
--
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(
Received on Tue Nov 11 2003 - 13:50:17 GMT