I enjoyed watching "Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa". The full documentary is available online.
@lfa i worked on a Lisa in 1985, like, for WORK, and at the last place you'd expect:
Xerox Corporation, the people who pioneered a lot of the shit that went into Lisa.
I liked it immensely, and have Apple gear to this day, as soon as I could afford it. 15 years later...
@the_turtle You sparked my curiosity. Working on a Lisa having the Star? If you can (and want) tell me more 
@lfa the 8010, by the way, was interesting to fool with, but the Lisa 7/7 software (and later the "Mac XL" hack got the interface righter, in my opinion. And the only other thing on that Ethernet segment was the Xerox "Raven" laser printer. Without anybody to talk to, a Star is a lonely being. At least the Lisa had a modem and I could dial into all the Xerox online stuff (mainframes, other stuff) which Star could not.
Our Lisa had the internal hard disk, not the ProFile, and a 3.5" diskette.
@the_turtle Fascinating! Something like that would never have crossed my mind.
@lfa we pissed a lot of people off with that leasing stunt (Xerox had its own equipment leasing division), but I had shit to do and I wasn't gonna get it done on an old 820-II with a Diablo 620 daisywheel SERIAL printer and 8" floppies...
After they were worn out in office use, Xerox actually offered them for sale (used) to employees!
There are probably more Xerox CP/M machines around Rochester, New York than anywhere in the world. They're all in boxes in the garage.
@the_turtle Thanks for telling me all this. I really find it interesting.
@lfa The PC/networking world in the 1980s was the Wild West and it was a fun time to keep your eyes open and play with everything you could get your hands on. Legally.