VAX Lisp, Macsyma, Maxima

On 10/24/2018 4:07 PM, David Coolbear via cctalk wrote: This was posted on the Multics thread in February. Eric Swenson got the original-ish MACSYMA built and running in ITS. It's frankensteined together from a mix of source and FASL files from ITS, Lisp machine Macsyma sources, etc. You might contact him.? Email me off list, and I'll forward his contact info if you can't contact him thru the Multicians list.? I would imagine it's not for the faint hearted to get it going if you do not have experience with Lisp. I played with it quite a lot in 75 on the Multics system? It was like I'd discovered that Hal9000 was real, as everyone probably? knows. I have somewhere a complimentary copy from the people who licensed it and had a version for the x86.? I think 4 of the original people on the project worked for the company which did it, and they were very nice if your were a real multician.? But that won't have any sources, just an install for the system you used it on. It would be great for someone to do that if it worked and you can get it to run there. thanks Jim