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Post #4 by TheNeil
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateFri, 30 Nov 2007 - 17:26
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/new-lisa-some-questions-about-what-to-do-with-it.10803/
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I've had some success using the 400Kb floppy images that I (think) came from the Sunder site with my Lisa 2. It was a while ago now that I needed to re-install Lisa OS but I was able to use a Mac (Quadra 700 I think) and Disk Copy. I seem to remember that as long as I was using low density disks then everything was OK (Disk Copy whinged but big deal, it wrote the disks).

So why am I yammering? Well if the Mac could read the disk images and write them out, and the Lisa 2 can read them, there's a good bet that they could be compatible (I'd have to check to see if the connection cables match). There's also a good chance that the 800Kb drive will work quite happily with 400Kb disks (I have hooked up 1.44Mb drives to 800Kb systems and not had any problems - been sensible and not tried to insert 1.44Mb disks though)

Haven't really played with mine enough to know what it can/can't do (aside from removing MacWorks and installing Lisa OS). Good find though and, if it's the one that was on eBay UK, I had my eye on it and wondered if anyone would be brave enough to take it on ;)

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