Apple LisaEm Guide de l'utilisateur

LisaEm User's Guidev1.2.5 by Ray Arachelian

Building LisaEm:From your OS's shell or terminal program (use cygwin on win32), run the followingcommands: bzip2

Compatibility

CompatibilityIf you are unfamiliar with the Apple Lisa computer, reading the LisaFAQ is highlyrecommended. see: http://lisafaq.sunder.net as it also

ConfiguringLisaEm

Configuring LisaEmThe screenshots in this documentation come from the Mac OS X version. Your display mayvary from these. The screenshots come

The Lisa Boot ROMWith version 1.2.0 and later, Lisa Boot ROMs are not required. The emulator will workwithout a boot ROM. If you hap

The Dual Parallel Card ROMOne of the more popular expansion cards for the Lisa was the Dual Parallel Card. This cardallowed Lisa users to expand the

Running ROMlessAs of version 1.2.0, LisaEm no longer requires the Lisa Boot ROM in order to start anoperating system, such as

The Dual Parallel Card in ROMless ModeNote that you cannot boot from Profile drives attached to expansion port slots when runningROMless. To do that,

The Lisa Serial Number:To properly make use of existing Lisa Office System disks in the emulator, you'll have to usethe same serial number on Lisa

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The I/O ROM version:The Lisa emulator does not actually use the I/O ROM itself, all it needs is the ROM version toreport it to the running operating s

The ports tab:

Serial Ports: The ports tab allows you to configure LisaEm's connections. At the top are serial ports A, andB. These can be connected to nothin

Profile hard drive creation:The first time you power on the emulator, if a specified virtual profile disk image file does notexist, you will be asked what

The print tab:The print tab in the Preferences dialog box allows you to set the ImageWriter/ADMP's DIPswitches. The defaults for the Lisa are au

Running the emulator for the first timeOnce you have properly configured the emulator's preferences, you should press the Applybutton to save your

Installing theLisa OfficeSystem

Installing the Lisa Office System:Once the Lisa self tests are done, you'll see the boot menu:(If you're running ROMless, you'll see the

You may need to pull down the Enable menu to select All, Disk Copy 4.2, or DARTdepending on the type and name of the disk

Once the Lisa Office System installer has loaded, you'll see the installation menu as depictedabove. Press the Install button at this screen to s

About LisaEm

Click on the Don't Share button. If you would like to also use MacWorks, or anotherenvironment, you should create ano

Once the disk is copied, the installer will then eject Lisa Office System 1/5 and ask for thenext disk, disk 2. You do not have to press the Continue

You'll soon be returned to the main menu. Since you're done installing, click on the Finishedbutton.Select Start Up in order to boot from t

Instaling the Lisa Office System Applications (also known as tools):Once you see the Office System Desktop, you'll want to install some of the appl

With the Lisa Calc window open, pull down the Edit menu and select the "Select all Icons"item. (Alternatively, you could use the mouse to d

Do not drag the icons to the hard drive, as this will move them – that is erase them from thefloppy once they're copied to the profile hard drive.

Drag these blinking “shadows” to the hard drive window or its icon, to start copying them.The Lisa desktop will now copy the files.Note that Lisa tools

Once the copy completes, you can eject the LisaCalc disk by pulling down the Housekeepingmenu and selecting the Eject Micro Diskette option. Repeat th

Once the first portion of the dictionary is copied, the diskette will eject, and you'll be promptedto insert the second diskette.Once the copy is

Installing theMacWorks XLEnvironment

About LisaEmLisaEm emulates Apple Computer's Lisa 2/5 computer. LisaEm is the world's first Lisa emulator project, started in late 1997, and

NOTE: The current version of LisaEm has bugs preventing the use of MacWorks! Presently,the 2007.01.28 Preview version of LisaEm is the only one that

MacWorks is best viewed in the "Raw" display mode, since it will provide the square pixelsneeded by MacWorks. If you would like to experien

You'll see the usual Happy Mac icon, followed by the MacWorks splash screenOnce it boots up, open up the MacWorks System Disk and run the applica

Since this is a fresh hard drive, HD Install will say its not readable. Click on the Erase button.If you have Lisa Office System or Pascal Workshop in

Next, Insert the MacWorks XL diskette when prompted.HD Install is now copying the MacWorks software to your profile hard drive.After the copy completes

Next, name your profile hard drive. This is the name that will show up on the Desktop.IMPORTANT: The install is complete, but you must copy the system

The Finder is now copying the System Folder to the Profile hard drive.Once it's done copying, you can use the Special menu item Shutdown to power

Managing Multiple LisaEmPreferences files

Managing multiple preferences filesThe emulator allows you to manage multiple preferences files, each one representing aseparate virtual Lisa. You can

The LisaEmMenus

LicenseLisaEm is released under the terms of the GNU Public License 2.0. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it unde

The File Menu:Open Preferences: Loads a preferences fileSave Preferences As: Saves the current preferences to a new file.Preferences: Brings up the Pref

The Key Menu:Power Button: Pushes the power key. Equivalent to the File Menu Run command, orclicking on the skin's power button.Apple + P

The Display Menu:Anti Aliased: This is the normal mode you should use with the Lisa Office System. Thiscorrects the square pixel issues and uses a

The Throttle Menu:The top part of this menu sets the throttle speedattempting to limit the emulator's CPU usage. Normaly at5MH

The Help Menu:The help menu provides links to the LisaEm project webpage. Future versions may include ahelp browser. On OS X, the LisaEm menu contai

Glossary

Glossary:ADMP Apple Dot Matrix Printer. Identical to the ImageWriter I printer,except that it connected on the Parallel Port instead of the serial

MacWorks MacWorks is a Lisa environment that allows Macintosh software torun Macintosh software. It's not quite an emulator, but rather, it&apos

Contact and SupportInformation

Contact and Support Information:http://lisaem.sunder.net This is the LisaEm project's official web site. Please visit this siteevery month to see

Requirements

Credits

Credits:My thanks go out to the following people:David T. Craig for providing the wealth of Lisa information which he allowed me to scan in, for them

RequirementsHost CPU and memory:LisaEm needs a fairly fast machine. It provides decent performance on machines such as aIntel PIII-750MHz with ample

Downloading andbuilding LisaEm

Downloading Binary and Source Versions:LisaEm is available for download from http://lisaem.sunder.net/downloads.htmlPre-Compiled versions of LisaEm ar