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Apple must now rectify some embarrassing past mistakes. Its creation of a direct-sales force to snare corporate accounts did little more than alienate the company's existing dealers. Apple's attempt to salvage its foundering Lisa computer by renaming it the Macintosh XL proved futile, and the machine was abandoned seven weeks ago. The original Macintosh, introduced with great fanfare last year, may have been too dependent on a single software supplier to make major inroads into offices. The impact of the cumulative errors has been to take much of the polish off Apple's once bright image. Says...
...period when the industry is pausing," says Apple President John Sculley. To keep inventories from piling up, Apple ordered weeklong shutdowns at three of its factories in March and at a fourth plant in April. In addition, the company canceled production of its top-of-the-line Macintosh XL, originally called the Lisa. Apple had cut its price by more than half, to $3,995, in an effort to boost sales, but the machine was not profitable...
...Computer introduced its Lisa machine in January 1983, it was hailed as a technological marvel that would set new industry standards for ease of use and visual display. It did, but even marvels must survive in the marketplace. Last week the slow-selling Lisa, which the company renamed Macintosh XL in January, joined the IBM PCjr. and Apple's own model III in the great, and growing, computer junkyard. Apple will discontinue production of the machine this summer. Said Company Spokeswoman Jane Anderson: "It just wasn't an economically viable product...
Will Super Bowl XV be worth $CD, or even $XL? To avid Philadelphia and Oakland fans, probably so. But to most N.F.L. observers, there is a ticket worth even more: a front-row seat when Al Davis and Pete Rozelle meet in court next month...
Because black holes emit no light or other radiation, their existence, predicted by the laws of relativity, cannot be confirmed by direct observation, but it can be inferred. Astronomers have identified a powerful X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus. Some suspect the source, which has been labeled Cygnus Xl, may be just such a black hole. It appears to be rotating with a visible star around a common center of gravity−a dead partner of a dualstar system. Scientists believe material from the glowing star is being drawn into the black hole with such force that the material...