woodelf wrote:
What is a Symbolics 1200XZL ... I got the feeling it
is lisp from that
name?
It's a Lisp machine based on the single-chip Ivory VLSI implementation.
HP did the actual fab in 2, 1.5 and ultimately one micron CMOS.
Figure at least twice as fast as a 3600 class machine and a lot smaller.
Would decidedly be a fun toy to have.
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