Fwd: Xerox 1186 LISP machines in Illinois

Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:31:52 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: Diana Moutell <dmoutell at earthlink.net> Subject: Xerox 1186 LISP machines Hello!! I wondered if you had an interest in the Xerox 1186 produced around 1986. Pictures are attached. I know they are quite uncommon. I have 7 of the computers... one monitor.... and now one keyboard. I just found the keyboard... and an amazing amount of literature, manuals and software (in addition to what is in the one picture). I literally have mountains of manuals and boxes of software... really large floppies and then the smaller ones I remember from my first computer days (the 5 inch ones) !! I have yet to look through it all and determine what is there. All of the Xeroxes I have are pretty much the same except some are missing the C7 rigid 80Mb disk. I took pictures of the back of one with the drive and one without the drive. The product code on the one pictured with the C7 is 62H. Some of them have a panel over the place that contains C6 and C7. I did not remove it and I am not sure I can easily. I believe the person who had them had them all together. There are only two external hard drives that attach to the back - the product code on the bottom of the one is 78D. There is a picture of one of them. I know that they have had one owner and have been in one general area since the beginning. I believe they have been moved twice in their life after the initial delivery. At this time I do not know if any will power up. I believe I found their original power cords.... but I do know that the hard drives have been erased because the data that had been stored on them was of a private research based nature. I will try some soon. They are heavy and really take the space... but I, as a collector of hundreds of things, am accustomed to tripping over my stuff!!! I only have received a couple of bruises from these and their acquisition! I do not collect computers, though. However, as I look at them and all the stuff with them... I and my friends fear that I will become attached to them, and never be able to let them go. However, my intent is to sell them. I have seen so many sites of individuals who have such a love for saving, protecting and restoring these things. My collections are really just to admire not to repair or use. In fact, I am oftened asked "does it work" when people look at my stuff (especially the vintage radios) and my answer is " I do not know." Most of the have never been plugged in at all. I just want them because they are beautiful. If I do let go of these... I want to know they will be safe for eternity. If you are interested in more info... let me know and when I learn more and compile the list of literature... I will send it to you. Thanks!! Diana Diana Fuller-Moutell <mailto:dmoutell at earthlink.net>dmoutell at earthlink.net Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.