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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Date: 12 Feb 2025 18:58:47 GMT
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:08:35 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

> Lisa was a flop because it didn't make any kind of sense to ask people
> to spend as much on a computer than they would on a car. It was a very
> capable machine, and it was nice to discover that the Lisa went on to be
> refurbished as popular Macs in certain areas of the United States, but
> you can't ask people to spend as much as they were asking. As for the
> Mac 128K, I admit that if I were buying a computer in 1984, I would have
> wanted one. Of course, I would probably very quickly buy a hard disk and
> a RAM upgrade for it. If I were buying in 1985 though, I'm certain that
> I would have opted for either an Atari or an Amiga though... probably
> the Amiga if I had witnessed their impressive tech demo. It wouldn't
> have mattered to me, as a teacher, if it didn't have a serious
> reputation or not.

The original Mac toasters had one unique feature -- they met the TEMPEST 
requirements of the day. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)

PCs leaked like a sieve. Most still do. Back in the toaster's day 
cybersecurity was worrying about Boris and Natasha squatting out in the 
bushes with their radio gear.