Macintosh XL

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The Macintosh XL was a rebranded and slightly modified version of Apple’s Lisa 2 computer, marketed as an early Macintosh-compatible business workstation.

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Surface form Occurrences
Apple Lisa 2 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf personal computer
workstation computer
alsoKnownAs Lisa 2
surface form: Lisa 2/10 (rebranded)
basedOn Apple Lisa
surface form: Apple Lisa 2
brand Apple Inc.
surface form: Apple
bus Lisa system bus
caseDesign beige all-in-one case with integrated monitor
clockSpeed 5 MHz
commercialOutcome low sales
compatibility Macintosh software (via MacWorks)
cpu Motorola 68000 family
surface form: Motorola 68000
cpuArchitecture Motorola 68000 family
defaultRAM 512 KB
discontinued 1985
displayResolution 720×364 pixels
displaySize 12-inch
displayType monochrome CRT
family Apple Lisa
surface form: Apple Lisa family

Macintosh family (rebranded)
formFactor all-in-one desktop computer
graphics bitmapped display
inputDevice keyboard
mouse
introducedWith MacWorks XL environment
manufacturer Apple Inc.
surface form: Apple Computer, Inc.
marketedAs Macintosh-compatible business workstation
marketRegion United States of America
surface form: United States
maxRAM 2 MB
memoryType RAM
notableFor running Macintosh software on Lisa hardware
transitioning Lisa hardware into the Macintosh product line
operatingSystem Lisa OS
MacWorks XL
surface form: MacWorks
platform Apple Lisa
Apple Macintosh computers
surface form: Apple Macintosh
powerSupply internal power supply
predecessor Apple Lisa
surface form: Apple Lisa 2
reasonForDiscontinuation poor market demand and shift to Macintosh line
releaseDate January 1985
storage 10 MB internal hard drive
3.5-inch floppy disk drive (on Lisa 2-based hardware)
5.25-inch floppy disk drive (Twiggy on earlier Lisa, not XL)
successor Macintosh Plus
targetMarket business users
professional workstation market
userInterface graphical user interface
wordSize 16/32-bit

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MacWorks XL platform Macintosh XL
this entity surface form: Apple Lisa 2
LisaGraph runsOn Macintosh XL
this entity surface form: Apple Lisa 2
Apple Lisa successor Macintosh XL