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    my first Lisa

    It's trivial to route the internal par port to the outside to attach a profile.  You only need a par port card if you want to run two or more hard disks. Rick
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    Lisa mouse

    Not the same. (technically Macs use a single cell, the Lisa uses a multi cell "battery" that is is soldered to the IO board) See here: http://lisafaq.sunder.net/lisafaq-hw-io_batteries.html Rick
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    Lisa mouse

    Identify what version of Lisa 2 you have:  A Lisa 2/5 with 3 DB25 ports on the back or a Lisa2/10 with only 2 DB25 ports on the back. Check the the label on the PS and verify that it's the correct 110 or 220 version correct for your area. If you have a Lisa 2/10 then just try to power her up...
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    Lisa mouse

    I really don't know exactly when Apple made the transition to the Mac mouse on the Lisa.  I believe that all Lisa 1 systems used the Lisa mouse, many of these were converted into Lisa 2's.  Early factory made Lisa 2's also used the Lisa mouse for sure.  Later Lisa 2/10 models (AKA Mac XL's) use...
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    Lisa mouse

    Not always... Early Lisa motherboards used a funky 9 pin connector with little tabs top and bottom and no nuts:   http://lisa2.com/Lisa-Mouse.jpg To use a mac mouse with these systems you can remove the outer shell of the connector on the motherboard (or cut off the tabs) and optionally add...
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    Lisa to Mac Plus conversion

    Yes, it' been done before: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/25212-is-it-a-lisa-is-it-a-macintosh/
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    Apple Lisa Bargain

    No hacking there... The DB25 connector in slot 3 is a Sun SCSI card, you can also see the internal ribbon cable and a SCSI drive is mounted on the board.  49 Grand... tell him he's dreaming!
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    AAUI Transceivers-- Are they interchangeable between brands?

    The original AUI standard provided 12V to power the transceivers.  Later on, most transceiver chipsets only required 5V.  I was aware that some AAUI ports only provide 5V instead of 12V and I will bet that the Asante card does not provide the 12V that the Apple transceiver requires. Rick  
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    Price tag for a Transwarp GS

    For a mint ROM03 IIgs system with Transwarp GS, CFFA3000 Card, 8MB RAM card, keyboard, AppleColor RGB monitor, mouse, both floppies might be pushing $1000?  Yes, a grand would be a fair price. Rick
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    Price tag for a Transwarp GS

    I should have stated in this post that my estimate is only based on what it's value is in the USA.  For all I know, €100 may be a good estimate in Europe.
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    Price tag for a Transwarp GS

    €100 is way too low.  More like ~$650 USD + shipping for a good working unit is a fair price.  Demand is always going to be high for these things. Now is anyone here has an Apple 1 for €100, let me know... Rick
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    From the Imagewriter II manual:
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    The cable you need is the "Apple IIe Modem-8 Cable" Apple Part # A2C0311, use port B on the Lisa.   
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    The CPU card is the same (if that what you are calling the back card), and you can safely swap it in the two systems.  The mother board & card cage are different you can not swap them between the systems.  
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    That's an interesting question, the 400K system 6 install I was referring too was specifically for use with MW+.  MW+ is doing Mac Plus ROM emulation (128K ROM) with the Lisa's 1 Meg of RAM and HD, so it would be much more like running system 6 on a Mac Plus with a 400K drive (something that...
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    From the photos I saw, the system has the H roms and an X/Profile.  It will run the LOS or MW just fine. For the record: No version of MW requires the Screen Mod, and there is no such thing as a "Lisa modified to run MW".  Macintosh XL was just a marketing term apple used. 
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    Do not put the 2/10 IO board in the 2/5, unless you want to release some magic smoke.  
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    MW+ does not require a 800K drive.  The MW+ boot and install disks are 400K, and SunRem had special set of 400K disks to install system 6 on the hard disk.  What you can't do is boot System 6 off a 400K floppy, it does not fit.
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    Flexo, since you can even get into service mode right now: If your Lisa has two RAM boards (most do), then try powering on the system with just one RAM board at a time (in the slot closest to the CPU card), and see if the 71 error goes away.  This is an easy to see if you do in fact have a bad...
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    Apple Lisa 2/5 Ram + Keyboard problems

    A brand new replacement for the COPS chips is now available: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Lisa-X-COPS-Replacement-for-Apple-Lisa-COP421-Chip-I-O-Coprocessor-/142137574733?hash=item21180f454d:g:XKQAAOSw8w1X8qER I have one and it works perfectly. Rick
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