Re: Lisa Disk Drive (Working !!!)

2006-02-27 Thread Jerome Vernet
Hi All, So, finally, thanks to macmoni and Guido, I finally get my drive working. I changed the Profile (I have two Profile) to manage to install LisaOS 3.1, done without any problem. The only problem is that the Profile made an astounishing squeaking noise ! The bearings are absolutely

Re: Lisa Disk Drive

2006-02-26 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 26 févr. 06, à 07:54, macmoni a écrit : Hi Jerome, No, but it was easy for me to type that in. Of course you will disconnect the PIN 9 wire and the PIN 20 wire on the Sony Floppy Board by cutting it with a sharp knife Remove the PIN from the disk ? Yes Assuming that the red wire is

Re: Lisa Disk Drive

2006-02-26 Thread Jerome Vernet
Hi, So do I... And, not working !!! First try, simply by cutting wires 9 and 20 on the ribbon (I have some spare !): the 800k disk eject imediatly the disk. So I remove the resistor (desolering) on PIN 20, and cut track on the board for PIN 9. Tested again, the drive still eject the disk

Re: Lisa Disk Drive

2006-02-26 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 26 févr. 06, à 20:46, macmoni a écrit : Hi Jerome, if the drive ejects the disks always, whether a disc is inserted or not, then you didn't cut the PIN 9 and PIN 20, that's all. You do not need to have some parts soldered out, just cut the cable or the wire on the board of the floppy

Re: Lisa Disk Drive

2006-02-26 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 26 févr. 06, à 20:57, Jerome Vernet a écrit : perhaps the drive is also dead, so I will retry with another one (without killing anything on the drive itself). Ok, I've just tested with another drive (F75W, 1,44). This time, with the ribbon cutted in 9 and 20, I have exactly the same

Re: Lisa Disk Drive

2006-02-26 Thread Jerome Vernet
I have two IO card, both tested with same behavior. I have in fact two back plane with CPU, IO and mem, same thing :( :( Last thing: my Lisa show a D/A8 ROM. While i'm testing, i get one time an error '23', that is, no system disk. That was when boot from 'disk 2' in the menu. never able

Re: Lisa Disk Drive

2006-02-26 Thread Jerome Vernet
rome No. Is really difficult that the problem is on this side. Check the INTERNAL connectors where the card cage go to be inserted. Open the back cover, remove the card cage and clean the left big connector. Guido Guido, It's working !!! Thank you very much, all people ! I've cleaned

Re: The PC Junk Challenge

2006-02-25 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 25 févr. 06, à 16:35, John Woodall a écrit : I hereby issue a PC Junk Challenge. Since this hardware is so unbelievably valuable...I make the following offer. I have in my current PC Dumpster stack 2 IBM XTs, 1 IBM XT Case, 2 Original IBM PCs..one with an internal 3.5 disk drive, and 1 PC

Re: PC Crap

2006-02-25 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 24 févr. 06, à 22:32, Jerome Vernet a écrit : Le 24 févr. 06, à 21:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : The IBM AT doesn't interest me a great deal because of its primitive OS and bland hardware. But, it is interesting from a historical perspective, because it was so successful

Re: Lisa Disk Drive

2006-02-25 Thread Jerome Vernet
macmoni a écrit : Hi Jerome, you can use every MacIntosh Disk-Drive, e.g. the Sony F51W or F75W to replace the original OA D34V 3,5 Floppy Drive from Sony. Perhaps you have to add the Lisa Lite Card (depends on your Lisa). The Lisa Lite Card is the little card in the disk cage ? The drive is

Re: PC Crap

2006-02-25 Thread Jerome Vernet
macmoni a écrit : Hi everybody, I didn't ever expect to read such a lot of postings about PCs in the Lisa List :-0 ... nor, that I will type the word PC in a mail and send that to the LisaList I always thought: Never put a Lisa too close to a PC Agreed ! Never put any Apple near

Re: PC Crap

2006-02-24 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 24 févr. 06, à 21:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : The IBM AT doesn't interest me a great deal because of its primitive OS and bland hardware. But, it is interesting from a historical perspective, because it was so successful in the market. The only interest of the IBM is that it his the

Re: Free IBM AT

2006-02-23 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 24 févr. 06, à 03:44, Justaname a écrit : My opinion as an Apple employee at the time (79 to 86 in MIS) supports your opinion. It was just plain hubris that John Couch's team thought they knew what people needed (not what they wanted). I just don't have the energy to regale the list

Re: ROM versions

2005-11-23 Thread Jerome Vernet
To what I read, the ROM version is in two part: CPU ROM/IO ROM So, D/A8 seams to be for an upgraded Lisa 1 to Lisa 2 (that what mine is, according to it's last owner). H/A8 stand for a Lisa 2/5. One thing about my Lisa: the guy who sell it to me -about 250$- said that they trashed, 2 years

Re: Lisa won't stay off (was Lisa 2: Bad Disk Drive)

2005-11-20 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 12 nov. 05, à 00:33, James MacPhail a écrit : This was an aside to another problem, so it looks like it didn't get any attention: when I switch the Lisa off, it goes off then on immediately. I have seen a couple of causes for this problem, ones that come to mind are: 1) Damaged

Re: Lisa 2: Bad Disk Drive

2005-11-20 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 20 nov. 05, à 12:42, James MacPhail a écrit : *but* despite all my effort, the diske drive remain not functionnal. It make some noise at startup, like if head are blocked... I will try again to dismantle it and grease everywhere again... May be somebody have a spare diske drive ? Or

Lisa 2: Bad Disk Drive

2005-11-06 Thread Jerome Vernet
Hi, After years, I finally get a Lisa 2. It come with 2 working Profile 5 Mb, loaded with Macwork (?) and MacOs 5. I Have two problems: - the 3,5 disk drive seem to be dead. Make some noise at startup, but do not spin... I've dismantle it, cleaning grease, add grease, but no way Like if

Re: Lisa 2: Bad Disk Drive

2005-11-06 Thread Jerome Vernet
Le 6 nov. 05, à 12:54, Philip Lord a écrit : I think you need the upgraded roms to use 800k drives. I can't tell if you have theses. I don't really want to use the 800k drive as a 800k, but as a 400k. My Lisa -an Lisa upgraded system- have D/A8 ROM, so no 800k support. I saw the pics. The