Re: Announcing BLU: a Basic Lisa Utility for floppy and hard disks

James this sounds fantastic. Im knee deep in something else right now but i do have a widget and profile 10 whose problems might be solved with a low level format. When i get a chance i'll give it a go. On 7/07/2012 6:12 AM, "James MacPhail" <gg__at_email.domain.hidden> wrote:

>
> BLU, a Basic Lisa Utility, is available now from:
>
> http://SigmaSevenSystems.com/**BLU <http://SigmaSevenSystems.com/BLU>
>
> BLU runs on Lisa base hardware (without an operating system) to assist new
> Lisa owners as well as long-time Lisa enthusiasts.
>
> BLU can make image files of Lisa disks, and make Lisa disks from image
> files. The image files are transferred to/from another computer via Lisa's
> serial port.
>
> If you have a Lisa, but no floppy disk to start it up, BLU can assist you
> in making floppies from images available on the internet.
>
> If you wish to back-up or duplicate a Lisa disk, BLU will help create an
> image file which can be stored on modern media on a modern computer.
>
> As well as 3.5" floppy disks and parallel port hard disks, BLU's functions
> also support Apple Twiggy floppy disks, providing the means to back-up and
> duplicate Lisa Twiggy disks.
>
> BLU's hard disk functions include "Low Level Format" of Apple ProFile, 10M
> ProFile, and Widget hard disks. (Low level format of a 5M or 10M ProFile
> requires that a special "formatter" Z8 is temporarily installed in the
> ProFile; Sigma Seven Systems does not supply formatter Z8's.)
>
> This first public release of BLU V0.10 is a beta release. Please report
> bugs and suggestions to the address shown in the manual.
>
> James MacPhail
> Sigma Seven Systems Ltd.
>
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