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From: nagle@turtle.psych.umn.edu (Tim Nagle)
Subject: Re: old lisp machines...
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Christopher McKinstry (cmckin@mbnet.mb.ca) wrote:
: anyone know if the are any old lisp machines (ie. symbolics) that i could 
: aquire for a modest sum??

You could call Maynard Paul at (612) 452-3447.
He runs the Unisys Surplus Store.  There is at least one
Symbolics 36(70?) and an Explorer I.  There used to be
several LMI machines but they may have been sold.  I purchased a
3630 for $500.  His job is to try to sell excess equipment
to recover the cost left in the corporate books (which may
be several $K).  If he can't do that, he will try to recover what
he can.  The 3630 that I bought had about $50K left on the books
but he had it for several years with no other offers but mine.

There is a lot of other (older) computing equipment there for
anyone else that is interested (DEC and Apollo mainly).

Good luck and feel free to call me if you need any other information.

Tim Nagle
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