Apple Lisa Owners Guide 1983
The Lisa Owner's Guide is Apple Computer's owner's manual for the original Lisa, copyright 1983, reorder product A6L0103. The scan has 333 pages; each lettered section has its own divider with a 029- document number. Pages are numbered within sections (F1, H38 and so on).
Besides the software and the desktop, it covers the hardware, maintenance, troubleshooting and a Service section in which the owner replaces internal modules.
Contents
[edit | edit source]From the guide's own contents list:
- Preface
- A. LisaGuide: starting the built-in introduction
- B. Lisa Fundamentals
- C. Lisa Hardware: the major components and how they interact
- D. Desktop Manager Reference Guide: preparing the system and the filing system
- E. Calculator
- F. Maintenance: routine maintenance, mostly cleaning
- G. Troubleshooting: a step-by-step guide to identifying problems
- H. Service: replacing the disk drives (H3), the I/O, CPU or memory boards (H10), the card cage (H20), expansion cards (H28), the power supply (H38), and installing the glare filter (H43)
- I. Appendixes: 1, Setup Procedures; 2, Handling Diskettes; 3, Automatic Startup Tests; 4, On-Off Procedures; 5, Hardware Specifications (pp. 119-120); 6, Office System Error Messages
Appendix 5 gives the cabinet as 350 × 475 × 388 mm and 22 kg; mains 90-130 V or 180-260 V AC at 48-68 Hz; ½ MB or 1 MB of memory; 871 KB per built-in drive and 4.98 MB for the ProFile; and a 720 × 364 display at 60 Hz, 22,900 Hz line rate and 20 MHz dot rate. It also gives the keyboard, mouse and ProFile dimensions. Appendix 4 ("Standby Status", p. 115) explains that the Lisa draws a small current while plugged in to keep the clock and preferences, and that a battery covers up to 10 hours unplugged.
What this document does not contain
[edit | edit source]No exploded views, parts list, schematics or component values. The Service section replaces whole modules; it does not repair them. For technician procedures use Apple Lisa Level 1 Technical Procedures Mar85 or Apple Service Technical Procedures Lisa/Macintosh XL.
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- Apple Lisa: hardware specifications
- Apple Lisa General Maintenance, Apple Lisa Troubleshooting, Apple Lisa Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Apple Lisa Mouse
Download: Apple Lisa Owners Guide 1983.pdf