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In August 1988, the '''Workstation 2XP''' was released which adapted a standard PC into a Metaphor workstation using a 68000-based co-processor card with 2 MB RAM, Ethernet adapter, three-button mouse, and 15-inch color monitor.

Metaphor released [[i386|80386]]-based workstations in July 1989: 16 MHz 386SX-based '''Model 216''' and 20 MHz 386-based '''Model 220''', each with 4 MB RAM.<ref>{{cite journal |last1name=LaPlante |first1=Alice |title=Metaphor Workstations Run OS/2, DOS, and DIS |journal=InfoWorld |date=July 24, 1989 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25}}</ref>

===GUI Origins===

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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22metaphor%22+(%22liddle%22+OR+%22dis%22+OR+%22batch%22+OR+%22capsule%22)&pg=PA18

|title=Metaphor provides front-end tools for desktop interfaces

|author=Scott Mace |date=March 15, 1993 |page=18 |accessdate=March 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name=LaPlante>{{cite journal

|last1=LaPlante |first1=Alice |date=July 24, 1989 |page=26 |title=Metaphor Workstations Run OS/2, DOS, and DIS

|journal=[[InfoWorld]] |volume=11 |issue=30