When was ResEdit available as a PC application, and why?
On Mar 24, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
> You need the Macintosh version - you have to create the resource forks on the Mac.
>
> I found my little sticky-note with the magic type/creator codes - dImg and dCpy
>
> -Ian
>
> --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Terry Stewart <terry_at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:
>
>> From: Terry Stewart <terry_at_email.domain.hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Lisa Test Program
>> To: lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden
>> Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:19 PM
>> Thanks for those comments everyone,
>>
>> Just a clarification on ResEdit. I've found the
>> program on the Web. There seems to be a Windows and a
>> Mac version though? Which one are you reffering to
>> Ian? Should I re-fork the image once I've got it to
>> the Mac Classic II, or on my Windows PC before I transport
>> it there?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Terry
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr Ian Primus" <ian_primus_at_email.domain.hidden>
>> To: <lisalist_at_email.domain.hidden>
>> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 1:18 AM
>> Subject: Re: Lisa Test Program
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 3/24/11, tezza <terry_at_email.domain.hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I found some other ZIPPED versions of LisaTest disk
>> images
>>> which I can
>>> get to the Mac no problem but Disk Copy doesn't
>> recognise
>>> these as
>>> valid images. I'm assuming the fork has been
>> lost
>>> somewhere.
>>
>> If you have a disk image where the resource fork has been
>> whacked, you can use ResEdit to fix it. Simply use ResEdit,
>> and open a good DiskCopy image, then view the file type
>> information (from one of the dropdown menus in ResEdit).
>> Write down the creator type and file type codes (from
>> memory, dCpy and something else). Close that file and open
>> your forkless file. ResEdit will prompt you, saying it's
>> creating a resource fork for this file. Say OK. Then, view
>> the file type info, and type the creator type codes into the
>> box. Save the file, and then DiskCopy will see it.
>>
>> On the subject of LisaTest, I haven't fully figured
>> everything about it out. For example, I have no idea what
>> the purpose of Disk 2 is. Disk 1 boots, but disk 2 does not,
>> and it won't mount under the office system. I've never had
>> the test program ask for disk 2. Perhaps because I've never
>> had it test a profile?
>>
>> I don't know how to get it to help you identify failed RAM
>> chips, as the Lisa won't boot if you have a bad memory board
>> - or rather, I've never tried. I have two memory boards that
>> are so clobbered that even if you put it in slot 2, they
>> cause the two-beep error and a scrambled screen. I have one
>> that just fails the memory test, but I don't think I've
>> tried to get the machine to boot past that point.
>>
>> -Ian
>>
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