Apple Lisa 40th birthday party has its ‘one more thing’ moment

The Computer History Museum held an occasion on January 31 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Lisa laptop. The occasion featured interviews with members of the Lisa improvement group, a demo of the Lisa, and even a “another factor” second. The museum introduced it has posted a video of the occasion, which can be watched on YouTube.

Moderated by Katie Hafner, 100-minute occasion contains interviews with Lisa software program supervisor Bruce Daniels, engineering director Wayne Rosing, graphic artist Annette Wagner, and market improvement supervisor Dan’l Lewin. The members of the group recount their expertise with the Lisa improvement, its launch, and its brief stint available in the market. Additionally, journalist Steve Levy examines why the Lisa was a industrial failure.

[Spoiler alert for this paragraph!] On the finish of the video is what Dan’l Lewin referred to as a “another factor” second, and it options Steve Jobs’s daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, wishing the Lisa a contented birthday. You possibly can skip to that part of the video.

The occasion was a part of the museum’s Lisa fortieth Anniversary celebration. Earlier in January, the museum made the source code for the Lisa software available to download for free. The occasion was sponsored by The Verge, which did an article concerning the Lisa’s legacy and posted a collection of photos by Bill Atkinson, who designed and developed the Lisa graphical interface.