# LisaFPGA Project

7 Hacker News commenters recommended LisaFPGA Project and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised as an impressive, cool FPGA recreation of the Apple Lisa computer and a good inexpensive way to preserve it.

## Why people recommend it

- Impressive technical achievement (2 comments): "Impressive achievement for the developer, but impressive we're in a place that this is a practical thing to try and do." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48001392)) "An amazing effort and result." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48004343))
- Praised as a cool project (2 comments): "That's a really cool project." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48838728)) "An amazing effort and result." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48004343))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LisaFPGA Project", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lisafpga-project/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).