Lisa OS

E77071
graphical user interface–based operating system operating system

Lisa OS was the graphical user interface–based operating system developed by Apple for its early Lisa personal computer, notable for pioneering features like overlapping windows, menus, and a mouse-driven desktop.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Lisa Office System 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf graphical user interface–based operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
architecture Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68000
basedOn Xerox Alto user interface ⓘ
surface form: Xerox PARC GUI concepts
company Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple

Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
family Apple Lisa operating systems ⓘ
feature clipboard ⓘ
context-sensitive help ⓘ
cooperative task switching ⓘ
desktop stationery ⓘ
document-centric workflow ⓘ
drag and drop ⓘ
hierarchical file system browser ⓘ
menus ⓘ
mouse-based text selection ⓘ
multitasking ⓘ
on-screen scroll bars ⓘ
protected memory between applications ⓘ
support for multiple fonts ⓘ
genre desktop operating system ⓘ
influenced Classic Mac OS ⓘ
Classic Mac OS ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh System Software
kernelType cooperative multitasking ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
notableFor early use of a mouse-driven GUI on a commercial personal computer ⓘ
influencing later Apple Macintosh system software design ⓘ
pioneering overlapping windows on a personal computer ⓘ
operatingSystemFor Apple Lisa ⓘ
platform Apple Lisa ⓘ
releaseStatus discontinued ⓘ
runsOn Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68000
supports Lisa Office System applications ⓘ
LisaCalc ⓘ
LisaDraw ⓘ
LisaGraph ⓘ
LisaList ⓘ
LisaProject ⓘ
LisaTerminal ⓘ
LisaWrite ⓘ
preemptive-like task scheduling for some system tasks ⓘ
userInterface desktop metaphor ⓘ
dialog boxes ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ
icons ⓘ
mouse-driven interface ⓘ
overlapping windows ⓘ
pull-down menus ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple Lisa → operatingSystem → Lisa OS ⓘ
LisaTerminal → operatingSystem → Lisa OS ⓘ
Macintosh XL → operatingSystem → Lisa OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisa Office System
System 1.0 → precededBy → Lisa OS ⓘ
LisaGraph → suiteMembership → Lisa OS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisa Office System