Re: PFG Lisa

From: Dr. Helmut Post <helmut_post_at_email.domain.hidden>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:17:23 +0200

Hi Phil!

My congratulatios!!

> My next project is to get lisa OS running. Do I have to downgrade the
> roms and 800k drive to do this?
> 

No,
you only need a hard disk connected to the parallel port. Any Profile 5 MB, 10 MB , a Widget (10 MB) or a SUNREM hard disk should work.
You don't have to modify anything with your Lisa. You can start the Lisa OS installation immediately if you wish.

> P.S. I have not seen any issues with having no Apple ram installed,
> but I'll keep it in the back of my mind if something bad crops up.
> 
> 

There should be no problem- I have only installed 2 MB SUNREM card in memory slot 1- all is running fine.

Helmut

> On Oct 17, 2005, at 3:51 AM, Rick wrote:
> 
>>>> I have the 'Pro' version of the PFG. I also have a single 2 meg SUN
>>>> REM card installed (fully loaded with ram). No 512k cards installed.
>>>> 
>>>> 

>> F.Y.I., there is an issue when no apple 512K card is installed (I
>> don't
>> remember what it was but I know it caused problems). So it was always
>> recommended for a 2meg config, that an Apple 512K was used in mem
>> slot 2
>> (closest to the edge of the card cage) and the Sun Card with 1.5
>> Megs in mem
>> slot 1. Also you must use 256Kx9 SIMM's (with parity bit) on the
>> SUN card,
>> most Mac SIMM's of the time are 256Kx8 without parity. H.T.H.
>> Rick
>>
>>
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Received on 2005-10-16 22:17:49