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I recently figured out how to use BLU (Basic Lisa Utility) to transfer an image of the entire Widget hard disk on my Lisa 2/10 over a null-modem serial cable to my MacBook Pro as what appears to be a raw binary file. The file size is about 10 MB, which seems appropriate, and by looking at it with a hex editor, I can clearly see some of the data in there, including some of raw text data found in the documents that were written in LisaWrite. I wish to be able to use this disk image with a Lisa emulator, such as LisaEm or IDLE, but so far, I have had little luck. IDLE uses .raw files, but when I -
I restored a widget drive to a certain point. See my old posting: it it works on a “donor” external PSU. The problem is that it is very hard to start. To get it on I have to fiddle with the power on/off switch on the PSU. It helps if you spin the disk counter clockwise and then do the power trick. Some questions: - What can I do to let it start more easy? Can I lubricate it? Or can I adjust the motor? - I don’t have a power harness. Can I use some connections on the power supply or board? - is there a better way to power switch the disk on with its exte
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(Crossposting from LisaList; hope this is OK. I know not everyone reads both forums---I didn't join 68kmla until very recently!) Hi everyone, I've made something that might be a useful addition to the Lisa fan's toolbox: a formatting and diagnostic utility for Widget hard drives. In the tradition of Apple's original Widex utility and Patrick Schäfer's UsbWidEx peripheral, the tool has the unimaginative name "NeoWidEx": NeoWidEx runs on your ROM H Lisa 2, booting from a floppy disk to a familiar user interface. It expects a ProFile-compatible hard drive to be connected to the b
