John Woodall has a very long history with the Apple Lisa. He also purchased the remaining inventory of them from Sun Remarketing when they went out of business. Afterward, John became the biggest and most influential Lisa dealer anywhere. Listen to the interview and find out more about John’s history with the Lisa and what he’s currently doing within the hobby.

John is also part of the team which has created replacement boards for the Apple Lisa. He operates vintagemicros.com and sells the important Profile emulator, the Lisa X/Profile, as well as the replacement boards and other parts.


Links mentioned in the discussion:

Where to buy the Lisa X/Profile Hard Drive Emulator, Lisa replacement boards and other parts: Vintage Micros

Interview with Bob Cook of Sun Remarketing

Interview with Todd Meyer of Sapient Technologies (Lisa replacement boards)

The Lisa X/Profile Hard Drive Emulator.


























The last pallet of Lisas that John purchased from Sun Remarketing.

Stacks of power supplies for the Apple Lisa.

Prototype Profile with Translucent Case.


























The production line for the conversion of old Profiles to the X/ProFile.

The Conrac Systems V44 Series AutoScan, an external monitor for the Lisa that works!

































The letter to dealers about the name change from Lisa to Macintosh XL.

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