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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Enabling my Lisa to run Mac+ softwa
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Date: 14 Apr 88 16:05:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr    Apr 14 10:05:00 1988


DCMCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU(Danna Murray) writes in comp.sys.mac

>Does anyone know how I can get my Lisa to run Mac+ software I been trying
>for quite some time with no luck.  I've  been using Lisa Macworks and the
>Macworks System  Diskettes, with no luck on running Mac+ software.  If  I
>load a diskette formated on a Mac+ I get not Macintosh diskette intialize or
>cancel.  I can create files on the Lisa made with MacDraw and look at them on
>a Mac+ or print them but I can't do the reverse.  Can anyone help me out ?
>Any information would be greatly appreciated.
	If memory serves me correctly (and it has been a while since I worked with
a Lisa (Mac XL), the problem may simply be that the Mac + supports double sided
(800K) disks while the Lisa does not.  You can init single sided on your Mac +
and then use them on the Lisa.


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