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LisaFetch 0.1 update 1 (3 Nov 2026)

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@GyroPilot GyroPilot released this 03 Nov 20:44
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LisaFetch 0.1, update 1 (3 November 2026, release build REV C) tool 419325
Same LisaFetch 0.1 program with these changes, tested on a Lisa 2/10 through an ESProFile running ESPFuji on 3
November 2026; the floppy LISAFETCH_0_1.dc42 replaces the earlier one of the same name:

  • A failed connection through an ESProFile now shows the ESProFile's own reason ("the drive said: ...")
    instead of only "status 207".

LisaFetch 0.1 (2 November 2026) tool 419325 Tim O'Connor (bmwcyclist)

Fetches a plain text file from the web and saves it on your Lisa as a Workshop .TEXT file, ready for the
Editor and the Pascal compiler. Asked for by Chris Rupnik, who wanted a way to get source text files onto
a Lisa.

  1. Copy LisaFetch from LISAFETCH_0_1.dc42 to your ProFile (or run it from the floppy).
  2. Open it, press G, type the address of a plain text file, e.g. a raw GitHub file:
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GyroPilot/Apple-LisaFuji/main/sources/LFJ-COMP.TEXT
    and press RETURN.
  3. Type a name for it on the Lisa (".TEXT" is added if you leave it off) and press RETURN.
    A name alone goes beside the tool; -#12-SRC/MAIN.TEXT style paths are used as typed.
  4. It asks before replacing a file (Lisa names ignore case: COMP.TEXT and Comp.Text are the same file).
    The new file replaces the old one only when it has arrived whole.
    R fetches the same address again; ? is help.

The network: an ESPFuji ESProFile (put the tool on the drive's volume; run the ESPFuji test tool there once),
an RS-232 FujiNet on Serial B (or A), or a LisaNet. The top line says which one it found. Up to 32 KB per
file through an ESPFuji drive; no fixed limit through a serial FujiNet. Plain text only; tabs become spaces;
characters outside plain ASCII become '?'. The Workshop sees the file at once; the Office System desktop does
not show plain files as icons.

Tested: on a Lisa 2/10 through an ESProFile running ESPFuji 1.1 beta, 2 November 2026: a 42-line exec file
from GitHub saved as a Workshop text file, and the "Replace it?" question when fetching to the same name
again. Also built with the Workshop 3.0 and run in LisaEm through a serial FujiNet stand-in, where the saved
file matched GitHub's line for line.

New since the 30 October test build: the ESPFuji mailbox is looked for as "ESPFuji Mailbox" first, then
MAILBOX.DATA, so existing setups keep working; the floppy's tool name no longer has trailing spaces.

Source, licence (MIT) and the build recipe: https://github.com/GyroPilot/Apple-LisaFetch

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