A sidebar to the article “A first look at Lisa,” published in Personal Computing, issue 3/1983, pp. 90.

Name: Lisa Personal Office System

Uses
Electronic office applications, word processing, preparation of graphs and charts, management decision-making and scheduling, database management, local networking.

Manufacturer
Apple Computer Inc.
20525 Mariani Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408)996-1010

Standard Features
Motorola 68000 16-bit microprocessor; 512K bytes of random-access memory (RAM); 12-inch built-in monochrome display with bit-mapped text and graphics, 720- by 364-dot resolution; detached 73-key keyboard; single-button mouse for interaction with the display; two custom built-in floppy-disk drives with 860K bytes per disk, software-controlled disk loading and ejection; software-controlled on and off switch; real-time clock; one parallel and two serial interfaces; expansion ports: one memory slot, three input/output bus slots

Base List Price
At press time, price had not been fixed; Apple estimates it will be $7000-$10,000

Documentation
Owner’s Manual for hardware; Getting Acquainted manuals for each application

Popular Options and Accessories
512K-byte memory expansion board, Profile hard disk, custom-firmware dot-matrix printer, custom-firmware daisy-wheel printer, A-net local network interface, additional parallel interface that supports one or two devices, plug-in telephone interface (modem)

Other Languages Available
BASIC-Plus, COBOL, FORTRAN, Pascal, Smalltalk-80 (all may not be available at first release)

Typical System Price
Including Profile hard disk, dot-matrix printer, and four Lisa application programs: $13,000 (estimated; actual prices not available at press time)