Let’s go back in time when computing involved gazing at a blinking cursor and entering cryptic commands—praying you didn’t delete everything by accident. Personal computing was new territory before ...

In 1983, the Lisa was supposed to be a barnburner. Apple’s brand-new computer had a cutting edge GUI, a mouse, and power far beyond the 8-bit machines that came before. It looked like nothing else on ...

A new documentary called Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa promises to tell the story of one of Apple’s most important flops. Directed by computer historian (and Apple collector) David Greelish, the ...

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Film maker [David Greelish] wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The documentary covers the life of the Apple Lisa. It starts with the genesis of the ...

A forthcoming documentary will tell the story of the Apple Lisa, quite possibly the most important “flop” in the company’s history. Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa is planned for release in early ...

Obit Bill Atkinson, widely acclaimed as perhaps the most brilliant computer programmer ever, has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at 74.… Atkinson's family announced the news on Facebook on Sunday.