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Apple Lisa 2 Owners Guide 1984

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The Lisa 2 Owner's Guide is Apple Computer's hardware owner's manual for the Lisa 2, Lisa 2/5 and Lisa 2/10, copyright 1983 and 1984, reorder product A6L0303. The scan has 113 pages. The guide states its own scope: "This manual, the Lisa 2 Owner's Guide, gives guidelines on using and maintaining the hardware that makes up your Lisa 2 system." Software is left to the manuals that come with it, such as the Lisa Office System manual.

The earlier 1983 edition (348 pages) also covers LisaGuide, the Desktop Manager and the Calculator.

Contents

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Page numbers are the guide's own.

  • Do You Have the Right Manual? (p. 3)
  • Which Lisa 2 System Do You Have? (p. 3): the Lisa 2 has no hard disk; the Lisa 2/5 has an external 5 MB hard disk on the external parallel port; the Lisa 2/10 has a 10 MB internal hard disk on an internal parallel port and no external parallel connector
  • Chapter 1, Getting Ready (p. 5)
  • Chapter 2, Troubleshooting (p. 9): a step-by-step guide, with procedures for each kind of problem (mouse problems are Procedure E, keyboard problems Procedure F)
  • Chapter 3, Maintenance (p. 37): Table 1, Suggested Maintenance; cleaning the glare filter (p. 39); cleaning or replacing the mouse ball (p. 40); cleaning the housing (p. 43)
  • Chapter 4, Lisa 2 Hardware (p. 45): the three Lisa 2 systems, keyboard, mouse, cabinet (including the interlock switches, which do not cut power to the power supply), screen controls, connectors, and the hardware specifications (pp. 62-63)
  • Appendix A, Setup Procedures (p. 67)
  • Appendix B, Automatic Startup Tests (p. 94)
  • Appendix C, Environments Window (p. 100)
  • Appendix D, Caring for Micro Diskettes (p. 102)
  • Index (p. 105)

The specifications give the cabinet as 350 mm high, 475 mm wide and 388 mm deep, 22 kg; a 400 KB micro disk drive; 10 MB internal and 5 MB external hard disks; 90-130 V or 180-260 V AC at 48-68 Hz, 150 W; and a 720 × 364 display at 60 Hz with a 20.375 MHz dot rate.

What this document does not contain

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No service procedures, exploded views, parts list, schematics or component values. Chapter 3 is owner maintenance (cleaning), not board work. For repair use Apple Lisa Level 1 Technical Procedures Mar85 or Apple Service Technical Procedures Lisa/Macintosh XL.

Pages that cite this document

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Download: Apple Lisa 2 Owners Guide 1984.pdf

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