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A Semaphore Corporation publication for Lisa

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users and developers.

What Will 1984 Bring?

As

usual, nmors about Apple's

forthcoming proaucts are a dime

a dozen. Here's a small

collectioo Of the ones we keep hearing 81d which may therefore

nave a gratn of trutn:

• Better cutting

and

pasting, especially between LisaDraw arxi Lisawrite

and

between LisaLlst

and

LisaWrite, has been a

hi~

development priority over the past year and . will appear In a new, considerably faster version of the software next month.

) • The ProFile will

be

superseded

by a 10 megabyte or larger CI1Sk f'flOl.nted inside the Lisa. A very large disk option (arCUld 70

megabytes)

will alSO De avallable.

• The "twiggy" floppies wlll be

Sl4lE!rseded by 3.5 inch sony

floppies.

Lisa could stana a bigger

cJt~

but does it

have

to also remain tled to floppy tectmlogy? Why

not offer a l/ll-inch tape

cartIidge peripheral to allow ClJick

and

easy

backl4lS?

fv1Bny engineers seem to feel every mlCfOCOI'l'PJter needs floppIes, if only for sOftware distribUtion, but coulm't short, cheap, disposable tape cartIidges be

used for that? E)

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DeceItJer

1983

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Free Report on LisaProject

papers for tJ'le 15th ArnJal SeminarlS}'IT1POSiLm of the

project tv1anagement Instltute inclUde a 10))00 word report that deSCribes and evaluates LisaProject.

A free copy of the paper, which

features cornpar1sons of LIsa

with other project management systems,

C8'l

be Obtained by writing author James Halcomb at Halcomb Associates Inc., 510 E. fvtaude Avenue, St.n1yvale, CA 94086.

M abStract of the report begins by stating that Apple has

"accompl1Shed a breakthrOtg'l of great historical significance In the field of management by developing its Lisa personal corrpJter system ana Integratea LisaPIoject software-.

A brief article on page 32 of InfoWorld volume 5 issue 48 also describes how I-lalcorrtJ

has

jOlnecJ LIsa wIth a HUghes 700 graphics projector for generating

large displays dUring meetings

and conferences, thereby turning a personal corrpJter Into a

"conference computer". §

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How to Lose a Document

Imagine that it is Decentler 1st and you have

done

a full

baCk~

of your ProfIle to floppies.

Each

night from then on

l

you dO a

"changes only" backup.

Aroln:S

December ^5tn

^l

someone else tn

the office hands you

8

floppy containing a dOcUment for you to keep. The dOcUment was created OCtober lst

^l

and haSn' ^been

changed since that date. Say

you mot.rlt tile floppy and

~

(oot copy)

the

October 1st dOClment from the floppy to

your ProFJle.

Note

that because

you are moving cnl not copying.,

the doctment's creatioo end modification

dates

(visible by selecting a non-plctorla1 view) will not Ohange.. Now continue doing "changes only" backl4lS each ntgnt. me OCtOber

doClment won't be

backed

up!

If you haVe to restore your

system

frcm

your backl4l

disks

before tne next full backl4l1 the October doctment will be lost.. 13

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A Self-Service Gotcha

When our first Lisa was still

Urtaer warranty, we

^tJega'l

haVing problems with the upper floppy.

We removed the complete alSl<

module as shown in the

doCumentaUon, ancJ then removed the six screws holding in the top floppy

and

sent just that lIl1t In for repair. Imagine our surprise

wnen ^the replacement arrived

and

we found it

^rllOLIlts

fran the

DOttoffi Dy

four screws InsteacJ Of from the sides by six. Turns out the upper floppy sIts on a plate

Which

then

I1lOlI1tS

to the

diSk

cage .. WithOUt noticIng, we had

removed the disk and plate a1d

sent DaUl In. we nacJ to walt weeks before the plate was

recovered

and

we COlIIa finally install the new floppy. EI

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Our Christmas Wish List

• We wish a doclment could be

prlnle(2 by simply dUpl1catlng It and then moving. the copy to a printer leon, wIthOUt haVing to open the document itself.

• We wish the repair operation wOUld create a lIst ShOWing which documents were cha1ged beCaUSe they neecJecJ repairing.

• we wlsn me

laDelS

on nappy

disks had more room for writing.

If you Invent a floppy sealed In a White jacket that can be

wrItten on (Instead of a useless black crinkled finish), please rernernber you read It here first.

• We WISh you a merry Christmas and a happy r.ew ^Year! ^EJ

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A Semaphore Corporation publication for Lisa