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Greetings from A New Lisa 2 Owner
JustG:
Hello everyone!
I recently acquired a Lisa 2, of course missing the requisite original mouse. From what I gather from the seller, the computer originally had an 5 meg profile drive that unfortunately was not part of the set. I do have the keyboard and as far as I can tell, the computer is complete. Upon trying to power up the computer, you can hear a chirping from what I would assume is the power supply. I plan to dig into it this weekend to see what's what. I've got a fair amount of experience working with old Macs where capacitor replacements are so common.
I've somewhat jumped the gun and ordered an X/proFile drive in anticipation of getting everything fixed and running.
Very glad to now be a part of this community, I've been lurking for the past few weeks trying to gleam as much information as I can. Excellent resource! Looking forward to speaking further with everyone and *finger crossed* this computer won't put up too much of a fight! I'll keep everyone posted as I make progress.
fri0701:
Welcome to the club! Please do keep us posted with your progress and questions. :)
ried:
Welcome! Lisa 2 machines came with the same mouse as the original Macintosh 128K (M0100) and those are plentiful. It's only the Lisa 1 that came with the rarer A9M0050 mouse.
The exception would be Lisa 1 machines that were converted to Lisa 2/5 machines by an Apple authorized service provider. Those retained their original mice, as the mouse was not part of the upgrade kit.
Looking forward to hearing about your Lisa adventures 8)
Lisa2:
Assuming you have a Lisa 2/5, the first thing you need to check is for battery damage. Open the rear cover and see if the batteries are still present on the lower right corner of the IO board. Post photos if you can.
stepleton:
--- Quote from: ried on August 31, 2023, 10:27:49 am ---Welcome! Lisa 2 machines came with the same mouse as the original Macintosh 128K (M0100) and those are plentiful. It's only the Lisa 1 that came with the rarer A9M0050 mouse.
The exception would be Lisa 1 machines that were converted to Lisa 2/5 machines by an Apple authorized service provider. Those retained their original mice, as the mouse was not part of the upgrade kit.
--- End quote ---
Are you certain of this? I had thought that 2/10s came with the M0100 mouse, but that some 2/5s also had the clip-on mouse connector and therefore needed the 0050. Put differently, I don't think that all 2/5s with the clip-on mouse connector were for-sure Lisa 1s.
In any case, you can use M0100s as mentioned, but if you have the clip-on mouse connector, my recommendation is not to trim off the clips. Find some other way to adapt the M0100's D-shell to fit on the connector.
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