Re: Kit-Based Lisa

I agree with you. That's why I suggested that he just look for broken Lisas and parts and build a working one. They do pop up fairly regularily. It's the fully working Lisas that are rare.

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:18 AM, tommoni <tommoni_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
>
> Well, rare or not, "that depends on the way you look"
> I'd say - like Rick, too - they're not so rare to make those efforts
> to rebuild a Lisa from the beginning.
> Ok, lets discuss to build an Apple I (you can buy complete boards in
> Japan or China) and solder one for your own pleasure... or a Lisa 1,
> by using vintage 5,25" drives... but not a Lisa 2.
> If you take a short look at the amount you have to spend to do such a
> job, I estimate you can buy 5 Lisas.
>
> P.S. I have had 7 of them and one Lisa 1 and one Prototype Lisa in my
> collection. I still have some pictures of them
>
> greets TOM from Bavaria, the country of the Alps, the marvellous
> castles of Koenig Ludwig and the origin Octoberfest
>
> Am 19.03.2008 um 03:57 schrieb Jack -:
>
> >
> > I believe they truly are rare. There may have been a few thousand
> > made but many of them went to the government. I used to work for the
> > government and we had a ton of Lisas. When the time can, they were
> > all destroyed due to having sensitive information on them. Also, how
> > many fell victim to the leaking battery? The sad part is that Lisas
> > weren't well taken care of. For years they were just considered
> > "junk". I saw many go by on CL for $25-$50. I got the impression
> > many of those didn't even sell at those prices and got dumpstered.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Lisa2.com <rick_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
> >>
> >> Are Lisa's really "rare"? Apple made tens of thousands of them, and
> >> they were well made and usally well cared for. Over the last 10
> >> years, I have seen many working units sell on ebay for under $1000.
> >> With the membership of this group at only 125 members, there
> >> should be
> >> enough to go around, at least for less money than building one from
> >> scratch..
> >>
> >> Also, what wrong with doing a FPGA version (something like the apple
> >> one clone or the C-one project)? If you guys don't have a proper
> >> floppy drive, use a USB keyboard, and are using a VESA display how
> >> would it be better clone than a FPGA version would be anyway?
> >>
> >> I am not trying to be negitive, just asking the questions.
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mar 17, 3:31 pm, Kevin Keith <krfke..._at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
> >>> Hello Fellow Lisa Enthusiasts!
> >>>
> >>> I recently made a post about getting a Lisa, and much to my dismay,
> >>> they appear to be pretty darn rare! Now, to the point: how
> >>> inconceivable would it be to "build" a Lisa? Weren't they
> >>> handmade in
> >>> the first place? I'm not talking about something in an FPGA (we
> >>> already have LisaEm). I'm talking about a bona fide clone! An
> >>> EXACT
> >>> replica! This would be good because we could also replace broken
> >>> Lisa's!
> >>>
> >>> Just a thought
> >>>
> >>> Kevin
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> > >
>
>
> >
>

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