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rayarachelian

#15
October 13, 2020, 09:08:23 PM
Quote from: blusnowkitty on October 13, 2020, 08:12:47 PM
Got my Informix disks in today and there were no file issues as far as I can tell! Unfortunately, there's another issue - the program requires activation which we can no longer do. It calls /once/brand to serialize the installation, so perhaps some inspiration from OS/2 Museum can be applied here? http://www.os2museum.com/wp/tales-from-the-xenix-crypt/

Excellent!

Quote from: blusnowkitty on October 13, 2020, 08:12:47 PM
If anyone wants to take a "crack" at it, I've uploaded the images in a ZIP archive to the Files subforum. Have fun!

Oh I plan to have lots of fun with this! I've seen this kind of thing before.

Quote from: blusnowkitty on October 13, 2020, 08:12:47 PM
Anyone got Al Kossow's contact info?

He's on here, you can DM him: https://lisalist2.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=45 or try aek (a) bit savers {dot} org.
You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue, if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing, too, Writing the code, Writing the code

compu_85

#16
October 15, 2020, 09:15:27 AM
rayarachelian defeated the brand software for Multiplan a few years ago :)

rayarachelian

#17
October 15, 2020, 11:07:03 AM
Quote from: compu_85 on October 15, 2020, 09:15:27 AM
rayarachelian defeated the brand software for Multiplan a few years ago :)

Yup: https://lisalist2.com/lisalist1/2496.html (warning, it's full of Rick and Morty memes)

I'm not sure if this will work the same or not, but I plan to use the same approach. But basically there, I went around brand and modified the multiplan executable itself after seeing how brand works. though yes, I started with brand.

However, this is also an excuse for me to try to get Xenix going on LisaEm as well - the issue seems to be that it doesn't like my profile emulation, so I'm going to try to either placate Xenix or if I can disassemble enough of the driver, to use High Level Emulation to get around it.
You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue, if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing, too, Writing the code, Writing the code

blusnowkitty

#18
October 15, 2020, 04:07:45 PM
I feel honored to have contributed to LisaEm in a roundabout way :P
You haven't lived until you've heard the sound of a Sony 400k drive.

rayarachelian

#19
October 15, 2020, 04:20:11 PM
Quote from: blusnowkitty on October 15, 2020, 04:07:45 PM
I feel honored to have contributed to LisaEm in a roundabout way :P

Hey any contribution is a good contribution. :-D
You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue, if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing, too, Writing the code, Writing the code

snuci

#20
January 14, 2021, 09:24:22 PM
Got Keystroke Database and Report Generator recently...

blusnowkitty

#21
January 16, 2021, 10:00:14 PM
Awesome! Any info on version, what OS it runs on?
You haven't lived until you've heard the sound of a Sony 400k drive.

rayarachelian

#22
January 18, 2021, 11:06:45 AM
And also could you scan in the manual and put a disk image up of it, either here or on bitsavers?
You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue, if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing, too, Writing the code, Writing the code

snuci

#23
January 18, 2021, 08:38:08 PM
Quote from: blusnowkitty on January 16, 2021, 10:00:14 PM
Awesome! Any info on version, what OS it runs on?

It's a 3.5" disk and runs on Lisa 7/7.  It's version A-1 and the manual indicates there was an earlier version.

Quote from: rayarachelian on January 18, 2021, 11:06:45 AM
And also could you scan in the manual and put a disk image up of it, either here or on bitsavers?

I scanned the manual and have it here:  http://vintagecomputer.ca/files/Apple/Lisa/documents/KeystrokeforLisaManual.pdf

I have not yet imaged the floppy.  What is the best method to do this?  I do have an Apple Sauce imager.  Will it do a 7/7 compatible disk?  I've never tried it.



blusnowkitty

#24
January 18, 2021, 10:05:43 PM
Quote from: snuci on January 18, 2021, 08:38:08 PM
I have not yet imaged the floppy.  What is the best method to do this?  I do have an Apple Sauce imager.  Will it do a 7/7 compatible disk?  I've never tried it.

I would probably say booting up BLU and dumping the disk over RS-232 is your best bet
You haven't lived until you've heard the sound of a Sony 400k drive.

rayarachelian

#25
January 18, 2021, 11:20:40 PM
Quote from: snuci on January 18, 2021, 08:38:08 PM
I scanned the manual and have it here:  http://vintagecomputer.ca/files/Apple/Lisa/documents/KeystrokeforLisaManual.pdf
I have not yet imaged the floppy.  What is the best method to do this?  I do have an Apple Sauce imager.  Will it do a 7/7 compatible disk?  I've never tried it.


Great! If you can attach a serial cable with hardware handshaking to Serial Port B of your Lisa and something with XModem support on the other end (i.e. minicom, Zterm, hyperterminal, etc.) you could boot off a BLU floppy from here: http://sigmasevensystems.com/BLU.html

Otherwise, if you have a classic Mac (i.e. System 9 and lower with a floppy drive), you can use Disk Copy 4.2 to image it and then find a way to transfer that file to a modern machine.
You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue, if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing, too, Writing the code, Writing the code

blusnowkitty

#26
January 18, 2021, 11:51:44 PM
Hang on, the manual says there's two disks... do you have both disks?
You haven't lived until you've heard the sound of a Sony 400k drive.

snuci

#27
January 19, 2021, 09:43:22 AM
Quote from: blusnowkitty on January 18, 2021, 11:51:44 PM
Hang on, the manual says there's two disks... do you have both disks?

Bummer.  I only got one disk with it.  At least we have the manual and know it exists.  I guess there's not much point at archiving the one disk :(

rayarachelian

#28
January 19, 2021, 10:39:05 AM
Quote from: snuci on January 19, 2021, 09:43:22 AM
Bummer.  I only got one disk with it.  At least we have the manual and know it exists.  I guess there's not much point at archiving the one disk :(

do it anyway, the first disk might be enough, maybe the 2nd disk is for examples, etc.
You don't know what it's like, you don't have a clue, if you did you'd find yourselves doing the same thing, too, Writing the code, Writing the code

blusnowkitty

#29
January 19, 2021, 06:45:07 PM
I'll second Ray - better to have something preserved than nothing at all!
You haven't lived until you've heard the sound of a Sony 400k drive.
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