A SERVICE AND SUPPORT JOURNAL The LisaTalk Report INFORMATION ON OPTIMIZING YOUR LISA & MAC XL COMPUfER SYSTEMS --- -- Summer Issue 1986 Lisa's Hotter Than Ever New Products, New Service, New Support $10.50 Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Paid San Anselmo, CA 94960 Permit No. 78 PenMac Works XL drawings by Walter Brooks, AJA Features Inside: Product Reviews and Announcements • PenMac Works XL: Electronic Pen & Pad for the XL • Typing Tools: TypeNow & Hayden: Speller • Computing in the Potentially Fast Lane: Introduction of XL800 & ROMSwitcher 7/7 World • LisaProject: Project Planning Made Simple • LisaCalc and Stock Prices: An Investor's Application •Lisa Error Codes: What Do They Really Mean? UNIX on the Lisa-Part II: • Comparison of XENIX and UniPlus+ ROMSwitcber™ enables Lisa/XL users to switch between the Lisa Operating System (7n, Pascal WorkShop, Unix & Xenix) and MacWorks with a proper pixel proportioned full sized screen under either mode. ROMSwitcherJM allows you to install your existing F,G or H ROMS and add the 3A ROMS that come with the Apple Mac XL Screen Fix Kit, together with their respective video chips for total screen c9ntrol. Installs piggyback onto the CPU board with an external toggle switch, controllable when power is off. Installation by a technician may be required. Dafax also offers the Macintosh XL Screen Modification Kit with the 3A Roms. Introductory Price...................................................................................$129.95 AVAILABLE NOW! SCUZZI XI:? The "eXLent Solution™ SCSI Mass Storage System" for the Lisa I Mac XL!!! Available soon. We are accepting orders now. SCVZZI PLUS? The Mac Office Lives! The Amazing Three to One Touch Board™ turns your Mac into a l .6Mb-2.5 Mb Speed Demon. Adds l .5Mb SIM RAM, External Ports, Space for 512k of ROM, and a 12MHz Co-Processor. Effectively doubles processing speed, and is AppleTalk™ Compatable with 128k ROMS installed. Available now for the Mac 128k, Mac 512k and Mac 512k Enhanced, with optional SCSI interface coming soon. And, the Three to One Touch Board™ will be available soon for the Mac Plus! Add superfast reliable SCSI HD Drives and Tape Back-Up from AST, LoDOWN, Mirror Technology, and SuperMac. We can help you obtain the maximum performance and efficiency from your AppleTalk Network or Stand-alone WorkStation. MacServe™ enables you to interface your XL easily into the Macintosh Office and take advantage of the latest technology. 14 NO. DR •MALBA NY•11357•718-746-8220 ... A SERVICE AND SUPPORT JOURNAL The LisaTalk RepOrt --- INFORMATION ON OPTIMIZING~~~ LISA " MAC XL COMPurER SYSTEMS ~l ·~ Publishers: The NetWorkers-The Lis~Talk Report President: Lewis Guice VP-Operations: Roxane M. Schwabe :f ~· VP-Finance: John A. Zimmerman Devil's Advocate: Robert W. Johnson · Editor-In-Chief: Roxane M. Schwabe Chief Technical. Advisor: Lewis Guice Assistant Editor: Patricia Dine · .. · Contribunng Editors/Technical Advisors: Walter T. Brook…

The--- - .- I l ~ ...- Winter Issue 1985 OPTIMIZING YOUR LISA/MAC XL . ." ' \·::·:·:":....: FEATURES INSIDE: • Lisa: A Case History • Lisa 2/10 VS Mac Hyperdrive •Xenix Multi-User $10.50 =----!IPll.._E The-~LisaTalk Reporf :if OPfIMIZING YOUR LISNMAC XL Publishers: The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report President: Lewis Guice VP-Operations: Roxane M. Schwabe, VP-Finance: John A. Zimmerman Limited Partner: Robert W. Johnson Administrative Assistant: Carole Crawford Staff Assistant: Dan Schwabe Editor in Chief· - The LisaTalk Report is published on a quarterly basis by The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report in Marin County of California. Copyright 1985, The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report, all rights reserved. Business and Editorial Offices: 21 Canyon Road, San Anselmo, California 94960. Telephone (for Marin County businesses and residents outside Marin County): (415) 258-9152. Telephone (for San Francisco businesses and residents): (415) 550-1710. The NetWorkers Financial Office is located at 345 Lorton Avenue, Suite 200, Burlingame, California 94010. Telephone: (415) 258-9152. Lewis Guice Associate Editor: Roxane M. Schwabe Assistant Editor: Patricia Dines Contributing Editors: Diane Bums Joan D. Dickey Patricia Dines John C. Draper Rob Graner Gary Ingram Samuel Neulinger David Redhed Robert Reed Fred Reitberger S. Venit Art & Production: The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report TechArt of San Francisco, Kim Payne and Diane Bums Tribute To The Lisa - Photographs by Joel Abramson The LisaTalkReport is an independent journal, not affiliated in any way with Apple Computer, Inc. Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Lisa and Mac XL are trademarks licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. All other product names are trademarks of those companies indicative of the possessive. Some of the views expressed by contributors may not be representative of the views held by The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report. For Writer's Guidelines or for Advertising Rates, write: The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report, 21 Canyon Road, San Anselmo, California, 94960, or call (415) 258-9152. U.S. SUBSCRIPTION rates are $42.00 per year for four quarterly issues. Single copy price is $10.50. For subscriber service questions, write: The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report, 21 Canyon Road, San Anselmo, California, 94960. Printed in the United States of America. Copyright 1985, The NetWorkers-The LisaTalk Report. All rights reserved. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The N etWorkersThe LisaTalk Report, 21 Canyon Road, San Anselmo, California, 94960. On The Cover: Lewis Guice and the orphan Lisa Computer, photograph by Joel Abramson, digitized by TechArt, San Francisco, California. In This Issue: All text within this issue of The LisaTalk Report was produced using PageMaker, by Aldus Corporation, and printed in its entirety on the Apple LaserWriter printer. Text within each article and columns was formatted using the Times 10-point font. The LisaTalk Report• Winter…

A SERVICE AND SUPPORT JOURNAL The LisaTalk Report -- INFORMATION ON OPTIMIZING YOUR LISA & MAC XL COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Spring Issue 1986 $10.50 Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Paid San Anselmo, CA 94960 Permit No. 78 FEATURES INSIDE: • LISN MAC XL SUPPORT: lST QUARTER, 1986 •MAC+ & MAC XL COMPARED •LISA DRAW: THREE YEARS OLD AND STILL THE BEST •REVIEW OF MACDRAFr ". HO"WToMake Yot.1r Maccing Faster, Easier, andaLotMore Fun! Tempo macros speed your work or play on the Macintosh. Record any series of Macintosh commands or keystrokes and Tempo will play them back, at top speed, every time you need them. With a single key code, you can execute a macro that replays an unlimited number of commands. Add intelligence to your Macintosh software If a macro needs to be performed 27 times in a row or every 15 minutes, Tempo will do that. If it depends on whether a number starts with a "$" or if a name is greater than 'Jones," Tempo will read it and decide which way to branch. Tempo can even determine if it needs to branch to another program. Tempo will close the program you're in, open the other, and continue replaying your commands. Automatically. Exactly as you require. Intelligent macros for the Macintosh. Edit your macros for changes or corrections You may edit Tempo macros the same way you create them click to edit, click to change, click to save. Tempo has no complex programming language, simply step-by-step menu commands and dialog boxes. What you can do with Tempo • Reduce complex commands to a single keystroke. • Automate moving information from one program to another. • Have Tempo wait until the time you specify, then perform multiple tasks on your Macintosh - unattended. • Guide new users through programs, prompting them with dialog boxes along the way. • Distribute time-saving macros to other members of your company. • Customize programs to work the way you need them to. • Simplify, automate, customize, modify, design, and create in a million different ways! Macintosh is a trademark licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. Tempo and Affinity are trademarks of Affinity Microsystems, Ltd. Other Tempo features ... • Pause during a macro replay to enter text or make a selection. • Record macros up to the limits of your disk space - hard drive or floppy. • Assign up to 450 keyboard commands in each application. • Use Command key codes or Option key codes. • Replay in slow motion, in real time, or at high speed. • Connect macros together, nested, branched or sequentially. • Repeat the macro if or until it sees the specified text, or for a required number of times. • Tempo works with nearly every Macintosh program. • For the 512K or larger Macintosh and Macintosh XL. • Works with all hard disk drives. • Tempo is not copy-protected, so you can easily install it on your hard drive. • If you're not absolutely happy with what Tempo can do for you and your Mac, return it within 90 days for a complete refund. We guarantee your satisfaction. For $99, you get mor…

A SERVICE AND SUPPORT JOURNAL The LisaTalk Report INFORMATION ON OPTIMIZING YOUR LISA & MAC XL COMPUfER SYSTEMS --Fall '86: Vol. 2, No. 3 e ap = $10.50 Industry Quotes About ZBasic ™ Turbo-charges your BASIC programs. Compare ZBasic's performance against other languages: Run Compile** Sieve Benchmark* Time Time mM®-MSDOS IM (PC-XT 8088--The AT is at least twice as fast) ZBasic ™Compiler 13. 7 20 BASICA interpreter 2190 na IBM® BASIC Compiler 14.7 120 Turbo Pascal™ 2.0 Compiler 14.1 20 Macintosh TM (68000) 7.0 684.0 8.8 6.6 ZBasic TM Compiler MSBasic ™ 2. l interpreter Softworks C™ Compiler TML Pascal™ Compiler 10 na 445 120 Space does not permit showing the speed of ZBasic on all computers but the relationships are about the same. All times in seconds. *The Run-time is the time it takes a language to execute 10 iterations of the Sieve benchmark in Byte Magazine, January 1983. **Time required to create a stand-alone application (double clickable on Mac .. COM file on MSDOSTM systems) . Lightning Fast Compilation ''Compilation is so fast it is indistinguishable from a BASIC interpreter ... '' BYTE, May 1986 Stand-Alone Commercial Applications Programs you create don't require ZBasic to be there to execute and there's no royalties to pay for commercial programs you create and sell. "Superb Documentation" "The 387 page manual is a model of clarity and organization. The documentation is superb, solidifying our impression that someone worked incredibly hard to make ZBasic a benchmark for all other BASIC compilers." (The new revised 3rd edition is even better.) PC WEEK, November 1985 Loads of Standard Features • Highlights Errors • No Royalties • Indents Loops/structures • Single Step debugging • Fast String processing • No garbage collection • Device ind. File I/O ''[program] . . . compilation is so fast that execution is indistinguishable from a BASIC interpreter start-up [and a ZBasic compiled program] is extremely fast and accurate . . . '' T .J. Byers, BYTE 5/86 ''ZBasic is unquestionable an excellent implementation ofthe language . . . [and] ZBasic comes with one of the best user manuals in the industry. '' James McKelvy, INCIDER 12/85 ''ZBasic is a powerful offering ·. .. provides the flexibility of Turbo Pascal and the speed of compiled BASIC ... Kudos to Zedcor and to all users to make the wise decision to use ZBasic to the fellest. '' Garry Ray, PC WEEK 11/85 ''a better better BASIC . . . with a comprehensive and comprehensible manual.'' Dennis Dykstra, PC WORLD 8/86 ''... the fastest BASIC available. The manual is my favorite too. It is well written, in reference style that makes finding things easy. The breadth of instructions in this BASIC is amazing. Even Appletalk access is provided for. ZBasic is an easy way to get fast compiled programs, which are double clickable, with very good MS BASIC compability. [and] . . . You may use direct [Macintosh] toolbox calls using ZBasic. '' Dave Kelly, MACTUTOR 8/86 ''ZBasic is an…

The--OPTIMIZING YOUR LISA/MAC XL • ·.·.·..·.· Reviews Inside: AST's RamStak Infosphere's XL Serve Special Offer Inside: FREE Pre-Release Migration Program with Subscription Mass storag . stroke: srock KeYtor usa Database BitFix~r: Fixer ASpect Ratio '' ore! .. MUC h M h And Muc , Sample ....-.. The LisaTalk Report • Exclusively for Lisa/Mac XL Users • Extensive Reviews • Quality Inforination • User Support Publisher Sales and Advertising Lewis Guice (415) 550-1710 The NetWorkers Contributing Editors Gary Ingram Sharyn Venit Robert Reed Rob Graner Dick Applebaum Joan Dickey Frank Zimmerman Samuel Neulinger Fred Reitberger David D. Redhed Finance John Zimmerman (415) 348-5800 Subscription Management Roxane Schwabe (415) 550-1710 Art & Production The NetWorkers TechArt, Kim Payne Printing Krishna Copy Center The LisaTalk Report and The NetWorkers are trademarks of The NetWorkers The NetWorkers Ad mini str atio n 3500 Market Street, Suite 103 San Francisco, CA 94131 (415) 550-1710 The NetWorkers Accounting 345 Lorton Ave., Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010 (415) 348-5800 The LisaTalk Report is an independent journal, not affiliated in any way with Apple Computer, Inc. Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Lisa and Mac XL are trademarks licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. All other product names are trademarks of those companies indicative of the possessive. Some of the views expressed by contributors may not be representative of the views held by The NetWorkers. SUBSCRIPTION rates for the U.S. are $42.00 per year for four quarterly issues. Printed in the United States of America. Copyright 1985 The NetWorkers. All rights reserved. T.h e NetWorkers An Information and Consulting Service 3500 Market Street, Suite 103 San Francisco, CA 94131 (415) 550-1710 Dear Lisa/Mac XL User: Thank you very much for your excellent response to the premiere issue of The LisaTalk Report. Your response has prompted us to publish The LisaTalk Report on a quarterly basis, beginning with our Winter issue available in December, 1985. This ongoing newsletter will be written exclusively for Lisa/Mac XL users and will offer users up-to-date information on optimizing their Lisa/Mac XL computer system. In the past few months we have been receiving hundreds of phone calls and letters from around the country concerning various issues surrounding the Lisa/Mac XL and its inherent qualities and controversies. As you will see in the enclosed letters in this Sample of The LisaTalk Report, fellow Lisa/Mac XL users around the country are extremely supportive of our efforts to publish a quarterly newsletter dedicated exclusively to Lisa/Mac XL users, and they, too, have a lot of information to offer. In response to the many inquiries we have received by phone and by letter, which range from the availability of the "migration" package to the possibility of legal actions towards Apple Computer, Inc., we must again stress that we are not a telephone support se…

• JPJf (g ]]])Ji (g Jf (g [ ~ ~ 1ill. (g ~(g]p1{(g]]]l1b~Jf ~ 19~ 5 "The LisaTalk Report" A Publication of The NetWorkers The premiere issue of "The LisaTalk Report" is published by: The NetWorkers 3500 Market Street, Ste. 103 San Francisco, CA 94131 (415) 550-1710 The LisaTalkReport and The NetWorkers are trademarks of The NetWorkers. POSTMASTER: send address changes to The NetWorkers, 3500 Market Street, Suite 103, San Francisco, CA 94131. The LisaTalk Report is an independent journal, not affiliated in any way with Apple Computer, Inc. Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Lisa and Mac XL are trademarks licensed to Apple Computer, Inc. All other product names are trademarks of those companies indicated by the possessive. Printed in the United States of America. reserved. Copyright 1985 The NetWorkers. All rights 1 "The LisaTalk Report" Premiere Issue TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number PERSPECTIVE By Lewis Guice THE LISATALK FORUM - Who Participated - LisaTalk Participant Biographies - LisaTalk Forum Copyrights - Welcome From Moderator Introductions/Opening Statements - Apple Support - MacWorks - Apple Support - Hardware - Apple Support - Lisa 717 - Migration Package - Apple Support - AppleLink - User Discussion - User's Tips About Available Software, Etc . - General Third Party Support - Third Party Support - AST Research, Inc . - Third Party Support - Infosphere, Inc. - Third Party Support - Blyth Software Corp. - Third Party Support Productivity Products Int'l . - Regarding Priam Hard Disk - Unanswered Questions - Ways Users Are Using Lisa's/MacXL's - Involvement Within A Regular On-Line LisaTalk Forum - Closing Comments SOFTWARE REVIEW: RamStak - AST Research, Inc . PRODUCT INFORMATION: RamStak - AST Research, Inc . ENVIRONMENTS: Handy Tricks By Gary Ingram 11 1 2 3 8 9 9 14 19 20 22 22 24 25 25 27 27 28 29 29 30 31 33 38 42 47 11 PERSPECTIVE By Lewis Guice Our society has traditionally maintained a habit of regarding our elderly as unproductive, burdensome and in the way, perhaps now more than ever. At the same time, other c~ltures of the world continue to place great value on and share great respect for their elders as wise and honorable members of the society, to be cherished even long after death. What I suggest is that our society's attitudes and behaviors about its elders has undoubtedly affected our society in various other ways, particularly in the way~ we approach our everyday personal and business activities and the decisions we make. We tend to over-emphasize the new and ignore the value of the old. You may think my analogy is a little extreme, but if you consider the essence of the Lisa phenomena and its impact on computerization, you might see my point. As a computer salesman in San Francisco shortly after Lisa's introduction, I spent endless days and nights with her. I was infatuated with the mystique and aesthetic appeal of this technological wonder. In fact, I started using a mouse and recognize…