Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

The Lisa Office System's Desktop Manager ("finder") copying methodology was to always _MOVE_ a document whenever you copied it. To make a copy (duplicate) you used the Duplicate command (it may have been called Make Duplicate but that sounds too wordy to me). This made "copying" very consistent in

Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

Larry, Nice to hear a voice from Lisa's past clarifying a Lisa feature. > I don't think the Lisa's disk space was all that limited I recall always running out of disk space while using the Office System even with an internal 10 MB drive (Widget) and an external 5 MB drive (ProFile). I recall sp

Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

The Lisa's copying methodology was most likely based on the Lisa's limited disk space resources. Given that the Lisa supported virtual memory for I think it was probably more related to consistency. For one, I don't think the Lisa's disk space was all that limited, especially compared to the Mac

Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

Steve, > I believe you have to highlight the icon of the application in question on > the floppy, then choose "make duplicate" or "make copy" and then drag the > copy to the Profile/Widget. You are correct. The Lisa Office System's Desktop Manager ("finder") copying methodology was to always _

Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

I believe you have to highlight the icon of the application in question on the floppy, then choose "make duplicate" or "make copy" and then drag the copy to the Profile/Widget. It's been a while since I've had to do it (knock on wood) but I seem to remember you can't drag a copy directly. Now I

Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

Chris, > Right, I know about the copy protection, I am referring to how to > actually copy the application from the floppy to the HD. The Lisa > doesn't seem to want to let me. I tried dragging the app icon, that > didn't work. It's not a serial number issue, these are freshly made > floppies.

Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

Hi Chris, Does anyone on the list remember the technique for installing Lisa Office apps on the HD so you don't need to continue to insert floppies? Hope all is going well with you these days. I'm not sure what you're referring to here. My understanding is Lisa applications were serialized to a

Re: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

.org/Sites/Lisa/docs/techdocs/deserializinglisaos.html - David Craig -- >From: Chris Smolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "LisaList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile? >Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2004, 6:08 AM > > Does anyo

Installing Lisa Office applications on Profile?

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