siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) (03/07/89)
Do there exist any utilities to read Lisa-format floppy disks and pick the files off them? I don't need to view these disks in the Finder, but some kind of scavenger utility would be very useful. R. Rich Siegel Staff Software Developer THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp. Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel Phone: (617) 275-4800 x305
alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alexander M. Rosenberg) (03/07/89)
In article <1339@husc6.harvard.edu> siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) writes: >Do there exist any utilities to read Lisa-format floppy disks and pick the >files off them? I don't need to view these disks in the Finder, but some kind >of scavenger utility would be very useful. > >R. >Rich Siegel >Staff Software Developer >THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp. >Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu >UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel >Phone: (617) 275-4800 x305 There is a not so simple way. There is a program called ReadLisa that was made back in 1984, so that Mac people could snarf the source off the Lisa Suppliment disks that Apple shipped with the updates. I know that The Boston Computer Society has it on one of the older disks. Give them a call at 617-625-7080. I may have been a Basic program. (ewww) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Alexander M. Rosenberg - INTERNET: alibaba@ucscb.ucsc.edu - Yoyodyne - - Crown College, UCSC - UUCP:...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!alibaba- Propulsion - - Santa Cruz, CA 95064 - BITNET:alibaba%ucscb@ucscc.BITNET - Systems - - (408) 426-8869 - Disclaimer: Nobody is my employer - :-) - - - so nobody cares what I say. - -
Samuel_gold_Goldberger@cup.portal.com (03/08/89)
There was a utility distributed by Apple when Lisa owners were invited to convert from The Lisa Office System to the Mac operating system. I'd suggest an inquiry directly to Apple, via telephone or AppleLink. Alternatively, check with the Boston Mac User's Group. (I assume you are talking about Office System files, not Mac files created on the Lisa operating as a so-called "MacXL;" these of course can be read by any Mac, including, one presumes, the IIcx).
ph@cci632.UUCP (Pete Hoch) (03/09/89)
In article <1339@husc6.harvard.edu> (Rich Siegel) writes: >Do there exist any utilities to read Lisa-format floppy disks and pick the >files off them? I don't need to view these disks in the Finder, but some kind >of scavenger utility would be very useful. > >Rich Siegel >Staff Software Developer If the files are data files from the Lisa 7/7 office system then Apple has a conversion program that will generate Mac files from your Lisa files. However I believe that you need a Lisa to do the conversion. Pete Hoch
mentat@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett) (03/09/89)
In article <15535@cup.portal.com> Samuel_gold_Goldberger@cup.portal.com writes: >There was a utility distributed by Apple when Lisa owners >were invited to convert from The Lisa Office System to the >Mac operating system. I'd suggest an inquiry directly to >Apple, via telephone or AppleLink. Alternatively, check >with the Boston Mac User's Group. (I assume you are >talking about Office System files, not Mac files created on >the Lisa operating as a so-called "MacXL;" these of course >can be read by any Mac, including, one presumes, the IIcx). There have been several attempts at this. The program that got the widest distribution is called "ReadLisa," but it has serious problems--including it not being possible to save data that's viewed. The author promised to finish it, but never seems to have done it. On the Lisa side, under the Workshop, there was a very useful program called "maccom," but that was never ported to the Mac itself. Some time ago, someone sent me a bunch of code fragments detailing how to read a Lisa-formatted disk. If anyone is interested, I'll try to dig it up. As far as I know, nobody ever figured out how to mount a Lisa 1 twiggy drive onto another PC, so I'll assume that's not what you're talking about. Robert Dorsett Internet: mentat@walt.cc.utexas.edu UUCP: ...cs.utexas.edu!walt.cc.utexas.edu!mentat
lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) (03/09/89)
In article <15535@cup.portal.com> Samuel_gold_Goldberger@cup.portal.com writes: > There was a utility distributed by Apple when Lisa owners > were invited to convert from The Lisa Office System to the > Mac operating system. I'd suggest an inquiry directly to The Lisa Migration Kit (written by yours truly). It didn't mount Lisa diskettes on the Mac, but was a Lisa 7/7 program that would transfer Lisa files to a Mac MFS diskette. It would only be useful for transferring 7/7 documents to the Mac, and you would need to have a running Lisa Office System to do it. It wouldn't be useful if you wanted to transfer some Lisa Workshop source files. For that you would need to use the Maccom program distributed with the Lisa Worshop to transfer the files to a Mac MFS diskette. I would direct queries to Sun Remarketing, which is providing support for the Lisa. Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc. Internet: lsr@Apple.com UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr AppleLink: Rosenstein1
sklein@cdp.UUCP (03/14/89)
On a related topic... Does anyone remember the capacity of the Twiggy drives? I seem to recall that it was over 1Meg, but my RAM is fuzzy on the specifics... -Shabtai Klein Minds, like | UUCP: uunet!pyramid!cdp!sklein parachutes, | Internet: cdp!sklein@arisia.xerox.com function only when | BitNet: cdp!sklein%labrea@stanford they are open | PhoneNet: (301) 270-2250