Lisa II operating software

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat Aug 22 18:09:10 1998

>>
>> --- Tony Duell wrote:
>> [Re: copying Lisa disks w/o a working Lisa]
>> I think the only way is to find some other Lisa 'up and running'.=20
>> --- end of quote ---
>>
>> There is another way, I think, using Mac utilities. Mr. Craig sent =
>
>I would guess that the Mac disk controller would be able to read the
>later 3.5" Lisa disks. Of course this doesn't help with the 'twiggy' disks.

I took disk images of the Lisa software and used my Mac to copy them to
floppy. However, IIRC I had to use one of my 68k based Macs for this, it
wouldn't work with my PowerMac 8500/180. I've noticed that the 68k Macs
are better able to handle floppies than my PowerMac.

On a slightly different note, I believe the floppies are in a different
format, so the Mac won't actually be able to read them, just make disk
images.

                        Zane
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