Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Simon Edwards: Anti-virus is 30 years old

Below is an excerpt from an article: "Once upon a time, frighteningly not that long ago, Ross M Greenberg wrote the first anti-virus software for the PC.  It was called FluShot and it was written in 1982, thirty years ago this year."

Monday, April 16, 2012

eBay: RARE - APPLE LISA 1 COMPUTER SYSTEM - COMPLETE, BOXED, RESTORED, & WORKING ! ($25,000)

Here is a rare working Apple Lisa with Twiggy drives, all for only $25,000.  Excerpt from the auction:

WHAT'S INCLUDED:
* A working Apple Lisa 1 Computer (with 2 x 5.25"TWIGGY floppy drives) 
+ original box & foam inserts
*
 A working Apple Lisa Keyboard with original pull-out cards (cleaned, tested, & restored - foam pads replaced)
   + original box & foam inserts

*
 A working Apple Lisa Mouse + original box & foam inserts
*
 A working 5 MB Apple Profile Hard Drive
*
 All necessary power & data cables
*
 Lisa Office System 1.0 installed on external 5mb Hard Drive.
*
 Software Programs installed: LisaWrite v1.0, LisaDraw v1.0, LisaGraph v1.0, LisaList v1.0, LisaCalc v1.0, LisaProject v1.0
   Nothing else is included