Re: Lisa 2/10 widget drive problems ..

2003-10-17 Thread Ray Arachelian
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Stephen M. Jones wrote: > Ahh, okay. Both the drive and the widget board have an LED each. I'm > assuming the POST is the initial test that runs when the LISA is turned > on. > > Here is what happens when I turn on the LISA: > > 1. The widget board LED flashes and the

Lisa 2/10 widget drive problems ..

2003-10-17 Thread Stephen M. Jones
> One thing I wasn't clear about... is this hard drive an internal > (Widget) or an external (ProFile)? This is the internal 10MB widget drive. I'm not sure I have the proper xenix images, but I will give that a shot. > The Lisa detects the ProFile/Widget drive by a single pin (Open Cable > Det

Re: modified 1,44 MB floppy for Lisa

2003-10-17 Thread Scharpf Thomas
Hello everybody, special greetings to James. It's been a long time since the redrawing of the schematics... Now the how-to-do if one wants to use a conventional 1,44 MB super-drive floppy instead an original built-in 3,5" 400 kB drive of a Lisa; but don't ask me why one should do this. You have

Re: Floppy fixed! Boots, but disk problem ...

2003-10-17 Thread Ray Arachelian
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Stephen M. Jones wrote: > That was it, I cleaned the sensor with a soft paper towel and found an > oily residue on it.. I put it back in the machine and .. its works! Thanks! Cool. :) > I was under the impression the images I got were LisaOS 3.1 .. however, > they state t

Re: Floppy fixed! Boots, but disk problem ...

2003-10-17 Thread Scharpf Thomas
Hi Stephen, > The advice that solved my floppy drive issue: > > ...only your sensor is out of order. Unplug it at CN103 and try again, or take > a look, whether the sensor is full of dust or grease, or there's a shortcut... Gratulations to you. You've done a perfect repair ! You see: No Apple o

Floppy fixed! Boots, but disk problem ...

2003-10-17 Thread Stephen M. Jones
The advice that solved my floppy drive issue: If your floppy moves the head "forward" to front or step-motor for the disk-spin the IC 103 is corrupted (straight below the motor for the head). If your floppy moves the head "backward" to step-motor for the head probably only your sensor is out of or