LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
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Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#2Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16000606
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#3Lisa was the really expensive Apple aimed at businesses right? I think I've seen it mentioned on the 8-Bit Guy's show.
I wish I had visited the CHM when I was out on the west coast. I'll have to add it to the list for next time.
I have been to the Living Computer Museum in Seattle. For those of you travelling there, I highly recommend it and Recycle PC (in the same area). They've got a ton of old working systems you can actually play with; everything from TI-99s to HP-UX machines to a NeXT system to a fully working Alto.
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#4This reminds me of this debacle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10638220
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#5Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16000606
This one has more comments already so maybe that one is the dupe
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#6I think a better name for this would be Mac OS series 0.
Going back to being serious seeing the source code for LisaOS sounds exciting . Apple changed my life when I used an Apple 2 in grade school. My first computer I got for Christmas was a G5 iMac. In college I used MacBooks and they replaced one with a newer model. I’m not sure I would have my current job if I wasn’t in Steve’s paradise .
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#7I think a better name for this would be Mac OS series 0. Going back to being serious seeing the source code for LisaOS sounds exciting . Apple changed my life when I used an Apple 2 in grade school. My first computer I got for Christmas was a G5 iMac. In college I used MacBooks and they replaced one with a newer model. I’m not sure I would have my current job if I wasn’t in Steve’s paradise .
Actually there was a patch for the Lisa that allowed it to run Mac OS and software (maybe called a Mac XL?). I believe it was a combination of ROMs and disks but it's been a day or two since I dealt with that so I may be mis-remembering.
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#8That's pretty neat - from a computer history perspective. I assume the museum has a Lisa. It's one of the few Apple products I've never seen in person.
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#9Lisa was the really expensive Apple aimed at businesses right? I think I've seen it mentioned on the 8-Bit Guy's show. I wish I had visited the CHM when I was out on the west coast. I'll have to add it to the list for next time. I have been to the Living Computer Museum in Seattle. For those of you travelling there, I highly recommend it and Recycle PC (in the same area). They've got a ton of old working systems you…
+1, the running Alto was the highlight of my trip there.
Re: LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
#10I think a better name for this would be Mac OS series 0. Going back to being serious seeing the source code for LisaOS sounds exciting . Apple changed my life when I used an Apple 2 in grade school. My first computer I got for Christmas was a G5 iMac. In college I used MacBooks and they replaced one with a newer model. I’m not sure I would have my current job if I wasn’t in Steve’s paradise .
Actually there was a patch for the Lisa that allowed it to run Mac OS and software (maybe called a Mac XL?). I believe it was a combination of ROMs and disks but it's been a day or two since I dealt with that so I may be mis-remembering.
I believe you're correct; Mac XL sounds right to me, too.