The following paragraphs are quoted verbatim from the back cover:
Here is the first comprehensive and truly helpful book on Apple’s
revolutionary Lisa computer, written by an acknowledged authority on
mouse-driven computer systems.
Written in plain English, The complete book of Lisa explains how
the Lisa is used and how it can simplify the world of computing for those
who don’t have the time or the need to learn the intricacies of
most other personal computers.
The complete book of Lisa covers thoroughly all of Lisa’s
special characteristics and applications. It includes:
| | | Detailed examination of Lisa’s iconic, multi-window user interface;
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| | | Careful elucidation of the nature and use of each of Lisa’s application
programs – LisaWrite, LisaGraph, LisaDraw, LisaCalc, LisaProject, and
others – and how to integrate them;
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| | | Presentation of several application scenarios – from report generation to
a monthly operating budget – in which the unique capabilities of
the Lisa are exercised to their fullest extent;
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| | | Analysis of Lisa’s future applications, including networks, LisaMail,
applications packages, and programmability;
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| | | Up-to-date information and reviews of Apple and third-party Lisa hardware and software;
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| | | Discussion of the important relationship between the Lisa and the Macintosh,
including the details of the Macintosh emulator available for the Lisa;
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| | | All the basics of installing and operating the Lisa, from power requirements
to use and care of floppy disks;
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The power, versatility, and ease of use of the Apple Lisa are changing the way
people view and use computers; The complete book of Lisa is your complete
guide to this exciting new world of personal computing.
Kurt J. Schmucker is a mathematician and senior computer scientist at the United
States Department of Defense. The author of Fuzzy Sets, Natural Language Computations
and Risk Analysis and numerous magazine articles on computing, he has also
taught electrical engineering and computer science at George Washington University in
Washington, D.C.
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