Re: low level format on a lisa?

[Roy Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Paul Grammens wrote:

> Steve Hatle <shatle@vue.com> wrote in message
> 3bd981e3.1008721312@news.charter.net">news:3bd981e3.1008721312@news.charter.net...
> > Rob,
> >
> > I've got Lisas, I've got an Apple /// and the Profile interface card,
> > I've got Profiles. If you know what/where the software is, I guess I'd
> > be in business! <grin>
> >
>
> I think David Empson knows the details of this. I too have a Lisa with a
> ProFile, and also an Apple ///. I don't have an interface card for the Apple
> ///, though. I think David said that it requires a special interface card,
> which I guess would mean something other than the ordinary.

It does take a special interface card, which I have in my ///. It also take a
similar card to use in the II, which I have, but, alas, no extra profiles for
that card.

At one time I had some software and documentation for dividing a Profile, so you
could have ProDOS AND Pascal on the same Profile. I sold that Apple and all the
stuff with it, and now I'm kicking myself big time.

Roy

>
>
> It would be good to get this set up somewhere, so that ProFiles could be
> re-formatted as time goes on.
>
> However, I think he has a Widget hard disk, which I don't have and don't
> know anything about.
> -Paul