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From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: old lisp machines...
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cmckin@mbnet.mb.ca (Christopher McKinstry) writes:
>Anyone know if there are any old LISP machines (i.e. Symbolics) that I could 
>acquire for a modest sum?

      Xerox 1108 machines show up at Wierd Stuff Warehouse from time to time.
They power up OK, but nobody knows how to use them, so they're cheap.
Sites with Symbolics machines tend to use the parts from their machines
to keep a decreasing number of working machines alive, so those machines
tend to be totally useless when they go out the door.  Empty Symbolics
cabinets, however, are available.  Contact any major AI lab.

      Besides, do you really want something the size of a refrigerator
that has less power than a modern PC?

					John Nagle
