Re: Apple Lisa SCO Xenix boot floppy copy

["Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca>]

Holy crow... that's quite the Lisa collection!  And me, without a single
Lisa to my name... :)  Best of luck - keep us posted so Google can help
others with the same problem.

Cheers
Tim

"Giorgio Ungarelli" <giorgio@*no_spam*ungarelli.net> wrote in message
news:3e01853f$1_1@news.bluewin.ch...
> Thanks Tim.
>
> Amongst other computers, I also have a 1MB Lisa 2/5 with two Profiles that
> runs LOS 3.1 with the 7/7 applications and Lisa Workshop 3.0 on one
Profile,
> and MacWorks XL 3.0 with System 5.3 and Finder 4.1 on the other Profile...
> With all the original documentation (many binders)...
>
> Just to top it off, I also have all the documentation and software for the
> Lisa Xenix OS, Xenix Development System, Xenix Text Processing System,
Lyrix
> Word Processor, Informix Relational DB and Multiplan.
>
> But I still can't figure out how to copy the Xenix boot floppy while
running
> Xenix on the Lisa!  Sure I can do it with Dart on a Mac, but is there a
way
> to do it while running Xenix?
>
> Giorgio
>
> "Tim Haynes" <trhaynes.NOSPAM.PLEASE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:atqoh8$1ssva$1@ID-21339.news.dfncis.de...
> > You are wasting your time.  To save you the headaches, I am willing to
pay
> > you to ship this obsolete and useless computer to me.  I will dispose of
> it
> > for you.  :)
> >
> >
> > Wow, a Lisa and SCO Xenix... Great item for the collection! :)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Tim
> >
> > "Giorgio Ungarelli" <giorgio@*no_spam*ungarelli.net> wrote in message
> > news:3e006ef0$1_1@news.bluewin.ch...
> > > I see some Apple Lisa questions on this newsgroup from time to time,
so
> > here
> > > goes...
> > >
> > > I have a Lisa 2/10 on which I have just installed SCO Xenix 3.0 (and
the
> > > Xenix Development System, and the Xenix Text Processing System) from
the
> > > original floppy disks.  My Unix knowledge is currently near zero but I
> > want
> > > to improve it, thus the reason for installing the above.
> > >
> > > Q: How do I copy the Apple Lisa SCO Xenix 3.0 Boot Floppy, to make a
> > backup,
> > > just in case (copy not just the files but the bootstrap as well -
> > something
> > > like a "diskcopy" command")?
> > >
> > > Thanks and regards,
> > >
> > > Giorgio
> > >
> > > PS. If there is another newsgroup on which this post should go, please
> let
> > > me know.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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