18 Jan
2002
18 Jan
'02
11:39 a.m.
Does anyone know of decent source for Symbolics Lisp systems?
-brian.
18 Jan
18 Jan
11:44 a.m.
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
Does anyone know of decent source for Symbolics Lisp
systems?
How much you want to pay? You can buy one directly from what's left of
Symbolics. Couple thou for an XL1200 and Genera 8.3.
Talk to David Schmidt. I can put you in touch if you're interested.
Otherwise? You get lucky. (;
ok
r.
12:21 p.m.
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
How much you want to pay? You can buy one directly
from what's left of
Symbolics. Couple thou for an XL1200 and Genera 8.3.
Talk to David Schmidt. I can put you in touch if you're interested.
Otherwise? You get lucky. (;
An XL1200 would be great, but it'd be for collector/hobbyist use. I'm
not wealthy enough to justify a few grand for the sake of curiosity--
though there are plenty of times I wish I were.
-brian.
1:57 p.m.
Any interest in restoring an original CADR list machine?
(I already gave away the only Symbolics box I had...)
Brian Chase wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin
wrote:
How much you want to pay? You can buy one
directly from what's left of
Symbolics. Couple thou for an XL1200 and Genera 8.3.
Talk to David Schmidt. I can put you in touch if you're interested.
Otherwise? You get lucky. (;
An XL1200 would be great, but it'd be for collector/hobbyist use. I'm
not wealthy enough to justify a few grand for the sake of curiosity--
though there are plenty of times I wish I were.
-brian.
19 Jan
19 Jan
11:51 a.m.
Ok, I've got an original MIT / LMI CADR List Machine. Its complete, and
was running well when taken out of service.
I also have several sets of full spare parts, ranging from the original
(flakey) memory boards, and several TI 'aftermarket' ECC memory boards
made specially for MIT, before TI got into the Explorer series machines.
There is also a Trident T300 disk drive, monitor, custom keyboard,
hand-made mice (they weigh about a pound), ECL monitor, chaos net
tranceivers, etc, etc.
At one point, my machine crashed, and overwrote part of the disk packs
boot block, and became unbootable. I am aware of one other CADR machine
that had a bootable pack, and it may be available.
I have all the original documentation for the machine, down to the
schematics. This machine was CADR #4, from the MIT AI lab. I've owned
it since it left MIT.
(I used to service CADR machines at MIT, and worked for LMI)
The machine is currently located in centeral MA. The T300 needs 220v.
"r. 'bear' stricklin" wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Bob Shannon wrote:
Any interest in restoring an original CADR list
machine?
YES. Details!
ok
r. 
18 Jan
18 Jan
2:30 p.m.
Yes, you did. And to me too! Thanks again.
BTW, I'm still looking for a keyboard and mouse....
David Betz
dbetz(a)xlisper.mv.com
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 07:57 PM, Bob Shannon wrote:
Any interest in restoring an original CADR list
machine?
(I already gave away the only Symbolics box I had...)
Brian Chase wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin
wrote:
How much you want to pay? You can buy one
directly from what's left of
Symbolics. Couple thou for an XL1200 and Genera 8.3.
Talk to David Schmidt. I can put you in touch if you're interested.
Otherwise? You get lucky. (;
An XL1200 would be great, but it'd be for collector/hobbyist use. I'm
not wealthy enough to justify a few grand for the sake of curiosity--
though there are plenty of times I wish I were.
-brian.
19 Jan
19 Jan
11:52 a.m.
I thought the the people in Rhode Island were able to help you out there?
I thought they needed some mice, which I may have so you can work a trade.
Lemme know, you should get that box running!
David Betz wrote:
Yes, you did. And to me too! Thanks again.
BTW, I'm still looking for a keyboard and mouse....
David Betz
dbetz(a)xlisper.mv.com
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 07:57 PM, Bob Shannon wrote:
> Any interest in restoring an original CADR list machine?
>
> (I already gave away the only Symbolics box I had...)
>
> Brian Chase wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
>>
>>> How much you want to pay? You can buy one directly from what's left of
>>> Symbolics. Couple thou for an XL1200 and Genera 8.3.
>>>
>>> Talk to David Schmidt. I can put you in touch if you're interested.
>>>
>>> Otherwise? You get lucky. (;
>>
>> An XL1200 would be great, but it'd be for collector/hobbyist use. I'm
>> not wealthy enough to justify a few grand for the sake of curiosity--
>> though there are plenty of times I wish I were.
>>
>> -brian.
>
>
2:19 p.m.
I was never able to get the people from the Retro-Computing Society of
RI to reply to email. I may just buy the keyboard and mouse from
Symbolics now that my company is paying me again.
On Saturday, January 19, 2002, at 05:52 PM, Bob Shannon wrote:
I thought the the people in Rhode Island were able to
help you out
there?
I thought they needed some mice, which I may have so you can work a
trade.
Lemme know, you should get that box running!
David Betz wrote:
Yes, you did. And to me too! Thanks again.
BTW, I'm still looking for a keyboard and mouse....
David Betz
dbetz(a)xlisper.mv.com
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 07:57 PM, Bob Shannon wrote:
> Any interest in restoring an original CADR list machine?
>
> (I already gave away the only Symbolics box I had...)
>
> Brian Chase wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
>>
>>> How much you want to pay? You can buy one directly from what's left
>>> of
>>> Symbolics. Couple thou for an XL1200 and Genera 8.3.
>>>
>>> Talk to David Schmidt. I can put you in touch if you're interested.
>>>
>>> Otherwise? You get lucky. (;
>>
>> An XL1200 would be great, but it'd be for collector/hobbyist use.
>> I'm
>> not wealthy enough to justify a few grand for the sake of curiosity--
>> though there are plenty of times I wish I were.
>>
>> -brian.
>
>
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