Difficulty

Very easy

Steps

4

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

1

  • LisaTerminal with Linux/UNIX(Mac)
  • 4 steps

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What you need

Step 1

              On Linux
  • In Terminal type: sudo apt-get install screen
  • sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600
  • Press ⌃A ⇧ : (at the same time). Once you see a : prompt at the bottom of the screen type
  • exec ::: /sbin/agetty -L -n 9600 ttyUSB0 vt100
  • Press return a few times on the Lisa keyboard and the login prompt should appear.

In Terminal type: sudo apt-get install screen

sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 9600

Press ⌃A ⇧ : (at the same time). Once you see a : prompt at the bottom of the screen type

exec ::: /sbin/agetty -L -n 9600 ttyUSB0 vt100

Press return a few times on the Lisa keyboard and the login prompt should appear.

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Step 2

              On macOS
  • Type: ls /dev/cu.*
  • Copy the result that mentions USB
  • Then type the following replacing serial with the previous result: screen /dev/serial 9600
  • Press ⌃A ⇧:
  • When the : prompt appears type
  • exec ::: /usr/libexec/getty std.9600

Type: ls /dev/cu.*

Copy the result that mentions USB

Then type the following replacing serial with the previous result: screen /dev/serial 9600

Press ⌃A ⇧:

When the : prompt appears type

exec ::: /usr/libexec/getty std.9600

Step 3

              On Lisa
  • Open LisaTerminal and set the settings to baud rate 9600 and set serial port to A.
  • Plug the serial cable into serial port A.
  • In MacWorks Plus and Macintosh System 6, the application Mac240 supports graphics and is generally fantastic for this type of connection.
  • Mac240 can be acquired from Macintosh Garden.

Open LisaTerminal and set the settings to baud rate 9600 and set serial port to A.

Plug the serial cable into serial port A.

In MacWorks Plus and Macintosh System 6, the application Mac240 supports graphics and is generally fantastic for this type of connection.

Mac240 can be acquired from Macintosh Garden.

Step 4

              Uses
  • This was done so I could use mutt for email and w3m for web browsing
  • mpg123 is great for music if your connected computer has speakers.

This was done so I could use mutt for email and w3m for web browsing

mpg123 is great for music if your connected computer has speakers.

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