leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (04/14/88)
DCMCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU(Danna Murray) writes in comp.sys.mac >Does anyone know how I can get my Lisa to run Mac+ software I been trying >for quite some time with no luck. I've been using Lisa Macworks and the >Macworks System Diskettes, with no luck on running Mac+ software. If I >load a diskette formated on a Mac+ I get not Macintosh diskette intialize or >cancel. I can create files on the Lisa made with MacDraw and look at them on >a Mac+ or print them but I can't do the reverse. Can anyone help me out ? >Any information would be greatly appreciated. If memory serves me correctly (and it has been a while since I worked with a Lisa (Mac XL), the problem may simply be that the Mac + supports double sided (800K) disks while the Lisa does not. You can init single sided on your Mac + and then use them on the Lisa. +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ + + Any thing I say may be taken as + + Leonard Rosenthol + fact, then again you might decide+ + President, LazerWare, inc. + that it really isn't, so you + + + never know, do you?? + + leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu + + + GEnie: MACgician + + + Delphi: MACgician + + + + + +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
gengler@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (04/19/88)
Quite right. My Lisa at home communicates just fine with all the Macs at works as long as all the disks are single sided. (I love my Lisa. It may be old, slow, and not capable of making beautiful music, but who am I to talk?) Ken
NETOPRHM@NCSUVM.BITNET (Hal Meeks) (04/19/88)
There are two things you can do: Firstly, I am guessing that your Mac+ disk is double sided. The Lisa uses single-sided drives. The cheap way out (short term) is to stick with single sided diskettes. A better solution is to get Sun Remarketing's HFS upgrade kit. Your Lisa will be able to support double sided drives, and HFS. It works, and it's cheap (around $30.00). Highly Recommended. Oh, look in the back of the latest computer shopper. A company is selling 10 meg profiles for around $200. It's a steal. --hal
DLE@KL.SRI.COM (David L. Edwards) (04/23/88)
A couple of comments about getting your Mac/XL to run Mac+ software: First, it still has the 64K roms so new system features are not available. Second, the 400K floopy can be a problem. But there is a solution, Sun Remarketing which took over Mac/XL aka Lisa support from Apple now has an 800K replacement floppy, HFS support and soon Mac+ rom support (via MacWorks+). They are reasonably priced, they have Apple's blessing, and they deliver products quickly. Their orderline is (800)821-3221 and customer support is (801)752-7631. I am using all of the above except for MacWorks+ and I am very happy with it. -dle