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Stewart, G., "A first look at Lisa", Popular Computing, March 1983, pp. 84-93, 174-184. Google
92 ;;Quote: Lisa can lock out a memory block with a parity error and continue normal operation
174 ;;Quote: Lisa's mouse uses optical sensors to track the relative movements of friction rollers
174 ;;Quote: Lisa's mouse has only one button; users had to look at mouse if multiple buttons
174 ;;Quote: click the mouse button once to select an item, twice to open a window; Preference's tool to adjust
174 ;;Quote: the Lisa Preferences tool allows you to change the beep volume and key repetition
174 ;;Quote: Lisa requires a menu item to eject a disk; prevents errors from removing disk at wrong time
176 ;;Quote: Lisa has a software-controlled on/off switch; allows it to preserve the current state
176 ;;Quote: every sector of Lisa's disk-storage includes 24 bytes of identification; can reconstruct files
180 ;;Quote: in Lisa List, data formatting and querying done by example; can build expressions
180 ;;Quote: Lisa List has data types for text, number, date, money, time, phone, zip code, social-security number
180 ;;Quote: in Lisa List, you can rearrange columns or add new ones at any time
181 ;;Quote: Lisa Draw has basic shapes and free-form lines; easily adjust size or position; enjoyable program
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Topic: mouse buttons (12 items)
Topic: user profile (16 items)
Topic: selecting with a mouse (44 items)
Topic: using icons to represent windows (15 items)
Topic: preventing accidental errors (36 items)
Topic: self-identifying data structures (18 items)
Topic: information retrieval with queries (18 items)
Topic: definition by example (26 items)
Topic: primitive data types of a language (31 items)
Topic: database implementation (18 items)
Topic: database change management (12 items)
Topic: graphics (16 items)