Best source is John Woodall as he bought out the Carrollton, Texas Lisa 
facility about a decade ago. I remember when he called me after closing the 
deal and headed south in a rental truck.

He goes under vintagemicros on eBay and also has a website.

It won't come cheap but it will be as nice as you can get. There is not a man 
on Earth who knows this machine better and certainly none that even have a 
fraction of parts compared to him.

Of all Apple Computers ever sold, the Lisa is by far the most finicky and 
hardest to get running and keep running. You fix one thing then another 
unrelated item goes south. Sooner or later parts will be needed, period.

John also markets internal storage via flash memory  and has all the Lisa 
software ever made available to install.

Lest you think that I have a single thing to gain read on.

At one time, John and I were very good friends, but we had a large falling out 
about five years back. He is far less flexible, pragmatic and understanding 
than I, so suffice it to say we have not spoken since then and we never will 
again.

But all the above changes nothing. You are likely flushing your money by going 
any other way. 

You may think that you can pick one up cheap, restore and repair it...

You may well be able to do just that with a lot of luck and a whole lot more 
money.

I would estimate that during my 13 years on eBay, that I have personally 
restored and shipped 30-40 Lisa's overall, mostly overseas. 

Repair wise, I never met a Vintage Mac or Apple II that I could not make the 
needed repairs and get up and running. Lisa is a whole different story written 
in a foreign language.

Hope this helps as that was my intent.

Richard Darner
A & D Land & Minerals, Inc.
6001 W. Parmer Lane
Suite 370-103
Austin, Texas 78727
(210) 837-2695
[email protected]


On Jun 1, 2013, at 1:11 PM, Marek Drvota <[email protected]> wrote:

> Stunning collection - bravo
> On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Dylan McDermond <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Sorry about spamming the list with this. I didn't check the headers before 
>> sending.
>> 
>> - Dylan
>> 
>> On Jun 1, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Dylan McDermond <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I've been looking for a Lisa about ten years. I have a good sized Apple
>>> Collection (www.applefool.com) and a Lisa has been one of my "Eleanors"
>>> 
>>> What kinds of prices are you entertaining?
>>> 
>>> - Dylan
>>> 
>>> On Jun 1, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Chris Tofu <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I have one, no mouse, doesn't turn on (boards need to be cleaned, but I 
>>>> don't know), yelowed. O/w in good cosmetic shape. I also have the profile 
>>>> drive, no cable, no confidence the inner drive works at all. Also missing 
>>>> screws.
>>>> If interested contact me offlist obviously. I'm going to give it a looking 
>>>> over in the next few days and take pictures. I could just put it on ebay 
>>>> but they're making me sick lately.
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