Macintosh XL
E77835
The Macintosh XL was a rebranded and slightly modified version of Apple’s Lisa 2 computer, marketed as an early Macintosh-compatible business workstation.
Observed surface forms (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa 2