Re: Hello all!

From: Mark Welch <mjw_88_at_email.domain.hidden>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:03:29 -0400

your newer drives are most likely 800k and lisa's came with a 400k, the 400k's are much chunkyer then the 800k. try cleaning the eject mech with wd/40. early mac 128k's had 400k drives' but I think the 512k all came with 800k.

Anthony G Beckett wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I just signed up to the list, and I am hoping that you guys can help me with
> my Lisas!
>
> I have two Lisa 2's - one works great, one has a blown tube and power
> supply. What I would like to know is - is there any technological difference
> between the Lisa 2 and the Mac XL - that is, besides the software?
>
> The reason I ask is, both hard disks in the Lisa's have MacWorks installed -
> and I would rather run LisaOffice. I have downloaded the Operating Systems,
> transferred them to 400k install disks using DiskCopy 4.2 on a Mac and I
> here is where I am stuck.
>
> Watching the Lisa attempt to load them was not a pretty site - for starters,
> one of the disk drive occasionally spins. Not good.. The other does not like
> to load and eject properly. Half way inserting a disk causes the mechanism
> to drop. If you hold the mechanism up, push the disk in, then let it drop,
> it flicks the head up and down the disk and returns a five digit error code
> with a picture of the lisa and a cross through it (10xxx - xxx might have
> been 571, cant remember )
>
> I think my floppy drives are cactus - however, the mechanisms do not seem
> that common - the oldest macs I have are Mac 512's, and they look similar to
> the newer Mac Plus drives. When connected to a Lisa, their reaction could
> only be described as "bezerk". Constant ejecting.
>
> So - where or what machine can I butcher to rescue my Lisa from System 6?
>
> I apologise if this email seems disjointed.
>
> Thanks in advance ladies & gentleman!
>
> Regards;
>
> Anthony G Beckett
> http://www.unnamedpcmuseum.com
> Regards;
>
> Anthony G Beckett
> http://www.unnamedpcmuseum.com
>
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Received on 2001-09-25 06:12:01