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Fantastic prototype of the Apple Lisa 2 computer, with a numbered Apple Computer, Inc. plate below the screen: "92046." Ports on the reverse are hand-notated on tape: "Hard Disk," "Mouse," and "Daisy Wheel Printer," with adjustable knobs for brightness and focus. The back plane of this Lisa features different icons for adjusting brightness and contrast, not seen on production units, and the internal plastic components are marked as "PTA Prototype." The front panel features the built-in 12-inch monochrome display, single 400K Sony microfloppy drive, power button, and keyboard input.
Includes a prototype Apple Lisa mouse (labeled "378" on the bottom), a retail version of the Lisa Keyboard (Model A6MB101, Serial No. 1025690), and a standard five-megabyte ProFile external drive (Model A9M0005, Serial No. 158458). The mouse is particularly desirable as Apple's first mouse—representing a major transition to point-and-click personal computing with Lisa's revolutionary graphical user interface. Additionally, there is a super tuned flyback included (not installed). In overall very good to fine cosmetic condition; the computer powers on but results in a boot error.
The concept of a GUI-based computer system was initially developed by Xerox in 1973, but it was Apple that brought it to market with the release of the Lisa in January 1983. Lisa introduced revolutionary features such as overlapping windows, pull-down menus, and drag-and-drop functionality. Despite its groundbreaking design, the Lisa was expensive, and its specially designed dual 'Twiggy' 5.25˝ drives were notoriously unreliable, prone to frequent failure. To address these issues, Apple quickly introduced the Lisa 2 with a modified front panel and single, standard 3.5˝ floppy disk drive. In spite of its vast array of advanced features and a more affordable price, the Lisa 2 did not find commercial success, and the entire Lisa platform was discontinued in 1986.
