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ESProFile - A Powerful ProFile/Widget Emulator and Diagnostic Tool
Verault:
Thanks for the link. Im going to buy one myself.
I dont need two so if someone in the states wants the second one for the cost of postage let me know.
jamesdenton:
--- Quote from: JaDaveIII on March 04, 2025, 03:06:52 pm ---https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S8WN57B/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1THAZDOWP300U&psc=1
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Those should work and are a less expensive alternative to building your own if you don't already have some length of ribbon cable, DB25/IDC26 connectors, and the crimping tool. It also might be long enough if you install the internal version into a 2/5 and use the Twiggy connector for power but need to snake the DB25 out the back.
If you're using stock Apple motherboard and parallel port or card you will likely need to snip Pin 7 in the top center.
jamesdenton:
--- Quote from: Verault on March 04, 2025, 07:54:24 am ---And that was the exact thing you said to me there..............
I really have no clue how my wishing there was new Lisa software is so upsetting to you.. But it obviously is.
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Lisa development isn't exactly trivial, and up until ~2 years ago there were some wonky bugs in LisaEm that impacted development in Lisa Workshop. There probably still are bugs there, but the main contributor to LisaEm is no longer available to work those out. So, we're left with a small pool of hobbyists that 1) have actual Lisa hardware available and 2) are adept enough to fire up Lisa Workshop and the limited amount of available documentation to actually build a "useful" application. I don't know if anyone has kicked the tires on Workshop in LisaEm lately to know if it will output a working application.
But, as Tom pointed out, there's some Pascal and Toolkit docs out there that can point a willing individual in the right direction of drawing circles and squares to make the first-of-its-kind Lisa Solitaire program (should they be so inclined).
Verault:
Oh I never thought it was trivial in the least. Im sure its quite the opposite.
sigma7:
--- Quote from: Verault on March 04, 2025, 04:31:51 pm ---I never thought it was trivial...
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This is the issue for me... what software would be worth the effort?
The only thing that has tempted me over the years is a hex file/disk editor, but even that is a stretch now that we have ProFile emulators.
More recently now that we have LOS source code, I would add a SCSI driver to the list of possible software projects.
Still, I think being able to recompile and install LOS would come first... but the scale of the project... !
Things like Tom's Selector, LisaEm, and dare I say BLU probably give a more immediate benefit from cycles invested. ymmv
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