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From: mentat@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett)
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Subject: Re: Reading Lisa-Format Floppies?
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Date: 8 Mar 89 22:44:22 GMT
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In article <15535@cup.portal.com> Samuel_gold_Goldberger@cup.portal.com writes:
>There was a utility distributed by Apple when Lisa owners
>were invited to convert from The Lisa Office System to the
>Mac operating system. I'd suggest an inquiry directly to
>Apple, via telephone or AppleLink. Alternatively, check
>with the Boston Mac User's Group. (I assume you are
>talking about Office System files, not Mac files created on
>the Lisa operating as a so-called "MacXL;" these of course
>can be read by any Mac, including, one presumes, the IIcx).

There have been several attempts at this.  The program that got the widest
distribution is called "ReadLisa," but it has serious problems--including
it not being possible to save data that's viewed.  The author promised to
finish it, but never seems to have done it.  On the Lisa side, under
the Workshop, there was a very useful program called "maccom," but that
was never ported to the Mac itself.

Some time ago, someone sent me a bunch of code fragments detailing how to
read a Lisa-formatted disk.  If anyone is interested, I'll try to dig it
up.

As far as I know, nobody ever figured out how to mount a Lisa 1 twiggy 
drive onto another PC, so I'll assume that's not what you're talking about.



Robert Dorsett
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