Re: Another Lisa 1 on Ebay

The last number I heard was estimated to be less than 50.

The reason for the rarity is that Apple charge the dealer a hefty amount for the Lisa1 to Lisa2 conversion kit.
And if you didn't return the twiggy drives, you didn't get credited that amount....so as you can guess most got returned.

I recently found out the backstory on my Lisa-1. It turns out that my Lisa-1 was delivered to a missile testing range in South Africa. After some time as a Lisa-1, the unit was converted. But between the time it was converted and the parts returned -- Apple pulled out of South Africa in 1985. Therefore the tech who did the conversion kept both sets of parts in his barn for 20+ years. He also gave me probably the last NOS Lisa CRT.

-Chandra

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Des Hay <desmondlhay_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:

> as a side note, has anyone kept tabs or can estimate how many Lisa 1's
> survive, complete, working or non working?
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> Kind Regards
> Des
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> On 26 May 2010 07:12, chandra bajpai <cbajpai_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
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>> I wonder if this is from Adam Goolevitch's collection...he's from that
>> part of canada I believe.
>> If it wasn't for this economic downturn I'm sure it would sell pretty
>> quickly.
>>
>> -Chandra
>> Lisa 2/10
>> Lisa 2/5
>> Lisa-1
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>> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Peter <noybus_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
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>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150447822448&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
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>>> This one for sale by someone who's Ebay ID is wosniac (not wosniaK).
>>>
>>> Fully working order $12,000 buy-it-now.
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