Apple Lisa 1

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Nov 11 22:30:28 2003

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Eric Smith wrote:

> I wrote:
> > Apple destroyed the returned Twiggy drive assemblies.
>
> Sellam wrote:
> > Some escaped...
>
> I very much doubt that any of the returns escaped, or that anyone

Well, the one that was offered to me at the CHM's AppleLore event escaped,
though I've yet to hear back from the fellow who offered it (and I forgot
his name...doh!)

> Certainly various Twiggy drives escaped, but mostly just the ones
> they shipped in the Lisa 1. They weren't used in any other production
> product from Apple.

Except for the external Twiggy drive drive, yes?

> > BTW, I saw one of the external Twiggy's at the CHM the other day.
>
> I've been looking for a UniFile or DuoFile since 1983. I knew an Apple
> employee who had two of them, but wasn't about to part with one. Of
> course, the much more difficult items to find are the UniFile/DuoFile
> interface cards for the Apple II and Apple ///.

I don't believe I saw an interface accompanying the drive.

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