[HN Gopher] Lisa Emulator Project
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       Lisa Emulator Project
        
       Author : rcarmo
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2023-12-19 09:06 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (lisa.sunder.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (lisa.sunder.net)
        
       | CharlesW wrote:
       | "Why I'm doing this": https://lisa.sunder.net/why.html
        
         | unleaded wrote:
         | > On my Windoze machines, on my Macs, on my Unixen, and maybe,
         | if it's feasable, on my Newt2k.
         | 
         | what is Newt2k supposed to mean? Google isn't helping
        
           | ryancnelson wrote:
           | https://everymac.com/systems/apple/messagepad/stats/newton_m.
           | ..
        
       | transfire wrote:
       | Hmmm... no Linux version.
        
         | linguae wrote:
         | There are instructions for installing the Lisa emulator on
         | Linux:
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         | https://github.com/rayarachelian/lisaem-1.2.x
        
       | davidmurphy wrote:
       | Thanks for posting the link to this.
       | 
       | BTW, everyone -- I managed the Computer History Museum's Lisa
       | 40th anniversary event earlier this year -- if you haven't
       | already watched it, check it out:
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       | Event info: https://computerhistory.org/events/happy-40th-
       | birthday-lisa/
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       | Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCvQbGXPtBU
       | 
       | Recap blog post: https://computerhistory.org/blog/happy-40th-
       | birthday-lisa/
        
         | Rochus wrote:
         | The author of the referenced emulator, Ray Arachelian,
         | unfortunately passed away early this year, a few days before
         | the Lisa source code was published by the CHM. Since you are
         | one of the responsibles at the CHM, you might consider
         | archiving a copy of his website, which includes numerous
         | valuable documents about the Lisa, not all of which may be
         | available elsewhere.
        
           | acqq wrote:
           | Mentioned source code for the Apple Lisa:
           | 
           | Press release:
           | 
           | https://computerhistory.org/press-releases/chm-makes-
           | apple-l...
           | 
           | Source: https://info.computerhistory.org/apple-lisa-code
           | 
           | Edit: I really like the sources, especially knowing how old
           | they are (1983, 1984, Apple Computer Inc), they are
           | aesthetically fulfilling to me.
        
         | eschaton wrote:
         | It was really unfortunate that more wasn't talked about or
         | shown from the actual source release. The people involved in
         | that deserved way more time than they got.
         | 
         | (At least it wasn't as bad as wasting the second half of the
         | Alto event being an advertisement for OpenAI. WTF was that
         | about?! Had nothing to do with Alto or PARC, just hype.)
        
       | davidmurphy wrote:
       | Remembering Ray Arachelian (sunder)
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       | https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/lisa-remembering-ray...
        
         | ryancnelson wrote:
         | WHAT?! Aw, man that's terrible news that I'd not heard yet.
         | 
         | I worked with Ray in the late 90's in NYC. I remember that "I'm
         | working on a Lisa Emulator" distracted us for an extra hour of
         | geeking out during his job interview.
        
       | benley wrote:
       | It's not easy to find from the linked website, but this appears
       | to be the most recent code on github:
       | https://github.com/rayarachelian/lisaem
       | 
       | There is also this repo which was last updated in 2018:
       | https://github.com/rayarachelian/lisaem-1.2.x
        
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