Apple Lisa 1

I'd best get out in the snow and drill me an oilwell before bidding on that one.

Interesting, though, and wonderfully complete.

all i can say is WOW :O

its in great condition

That shouldn't be sold on Ebay! It should be sold to a musuem! Like the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. That way if I ever go to Silicon Valley, I could stop by and see it.

Oh well... They probably already have one or something.

Neat find Concorde.

That shouldn't be sold on Ebay! It should be sold to a musuem!

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My thoughts exactly. Either way, this fellow is going to make some serious coin.

On another note, just imagine walking into your community Goodwill, or Value Village, and finding one of these on the electronics shelf. That would be one hell of a conquest!

If my brother had been playing with this, and it had such sentimental value, it would never be sold. He put a lot of time into that machine, and to sell it wouldn't be on the top of my list.

Maybe he feels his brother would want it to go to someone who would want it, or maybe it brings back painful memories?

Or, his brother had a very minor part in the Lisa, and a more major part in other things, making it such that this individual item doesn't hold nearly as much sentimental value.

Or else the story about the dead brother is a lie designed to draw in more bids.

Or else the story about the dead brother is a lie designed to draw in more bids.

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No bids made as of yet. Probably in the next couple of days, or so when collectors decide to splurge more of their life savings (assuming they even have that).

Bidding ended earlier today at $5 200 US, which is significantly lower than I had expected (I thought it would hit well over $10 000), however the reserve was not met, so it is not clear if the highest bidder actually won the computer.

however the reserve was not met, so it is not clear if the highest bidder actually won the computer.

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Nope, if the reserve isn't met - it didn't sell.

Nope, if the reserve isn't met - it didn't sell.

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Technically, it's "if the reserve isn't met, the seller has no OBLIGATION to sell, but may if he/she chooses to." Usually the seller doesn't, though.

Technically, it's "if the reserve isn't met, the seller has no OBLIGATION to sell, but may if he/she chooses to." Usually the seller doesn't, though.

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Thanks for the confirmation. I have always wondered how this "reserve" process worked.

So there still remains a possibility that this Lisa may resurface again on eBay. Interesting, although $5 200 isn't bad either.

So there still remains a possibility that this Lisa may resurface again on eBay. Interesting, although $5 200 isn't bad either.

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I have always wanted a twiggy-driven machine. I'd probably pay 5k for it, too. I'd like to port ADTPro to the Lisa. :beige:

I'd like to port ADTPro to the Lisa. :beige:

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Well, If you are serious, I MAY be able to organise assistance in that area...... and the use of some twiggy disks.. to do so.

I am quite serious. I have the OS manual in PDF form. I'm still not sure how to get low-level access to the drive, though - most everything in LOS is file-oriented.

I recently found out ALL computers donated to goodwill are smashed and crushed then recycled. I have horrible visions of 68k macs getting compacted and crushed into little tiny pieces

You must be thinking of the Goodwill recycling centre. But I don't think they crush every computer they receive, as there is a store attached to the recycling centre. I've been there a couple of times in my hometown, and I hope to pass by during the Christmas break.

Goodwill doesn't just smash them, they sort out the saleable or fixable ones for the store. They take the rest apart and salvage power supplies, hard disks, heat sinks, motherboards, video cards, etc. for resale in the third world. Dead parts are binned, plastic is separated from steel and aluminum for recycling, and so on. It's not like everything that comes in gets shredded immediately. Really old stuff and especially unusual stuff gets looked at by the museum director, then may go on sale in the "oldies" section of the store, or may go to the museum collection.

But if they have put some 68K Macs out in the store for $25 or $40 and nobody buys them, they get scrapped. At this point, the Macs that are coming into Goodwill are mostly G4s and a few seriously dead G5s. The stream of G3 iMacs is down to a trickle. Apples kind of stand out in the mountain of H-P, Dell, and Gateway PCs.

Regardless of what this may or may not sell for the good news for the average joe collector is that over the coming years your old Apple gear is only going to incase in value.

Keep it running, enjoy it, buy 1 or 2 of xyz example for parts when they pop up, and enjoy playing the old games etc.

I may as well provide an update on the Lisa 1.

According to Gorgonops, the same Lisa 1 discussed on this thread was re-listed by the seller, and sold this time for a whopping $15 000 US. Not even nearly as much as that Apple I that was auctioned off a couple of months back, but not bad overall.

I thought I would add this, as the seller is from Canada, and it's in pristine condition.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMPLETE-APPLE-LISA-1-COMPUTER-SYSTEM-ProFile-5mb-HD-RESTORED-WORKING-/160985771030?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item257b7fec16

I have personally used that system and yeah, it's pretty damn minty.