Lisa + Profile cable question

I've got my parallel printer port board, my Lisa 2 and my profile 10MB drive. However, I do not have an original cable. I've got a DB 25 male to male 'parallel' cable .. will that work for me? -- LisaList is sponsored by and... Shop buy.com and save.

Lisa 2/10 widget drive problems ..

> 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

Floppy fixed! Boots, but disk problem ...

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

floppy head monitor runs continously .. anyone got a spare?

> Does the motor spin up, when you insert a floppy or push the little stick in > the floppy on the right side, which recognizes an inserted disk? > The error you described, could be caused by a faulty I/O Board (resp. a > faulty Lisa Light Adapter, depending on your Lisa modell) or by the drive > i

Sony micro disk question ..

I found LisaOS 3.1 images and wanted to use my quadra with disk copy to write them out. But I wasn't sure that the disk drive in the Lisa was functioning (it wouldn't accept a disk) .. instead of trying to jam a disk in, I took the drive out and found that the mechanism on the right side of the d

Re: My first lisa.

> nor any browning from extended running. I was told by the person who sold > me it that he believed it was either the power supply or possibly the > power switch. He was right, I took the machine apart and found the cable to the power switch was disconnected. I attached it, made sure both micro

My first lisa.

When I was a kid I remember getting the issue of BYTE with the Lisa on the cover and reading that article over and over again .. I thought it was really the coolest thing but I wasn't successful in convincing my dad to buy us one.. anyway, its 20+ years later and I've picked up a Lisa 2 with an i