Msg: 1512 *Conference*

02-05-92 23:00:15

From: RICK LOPES

To : RICHARD HANSON

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #1506 (F KEYS)

Did the Lisa preceed the IBM PC?  My memory may be faulty, but as I recall,
there was the Apple II and IBM saw a possiblity of jumping on the VisiCalc
bandwangon.  Then came the PC and Apple resonded with the Apple III which
flopped.  Enter Xerox, the $10,000 Lisa and $3,000 125K Mac with no F Keys.
The Mac was a hobby of mine from afar (since it was soooo expensive) and while
I loved the idea of the GUI, I also remember even at that ancient time, a
irrational hatred for Big Blue and PC-DOS.