At 11:01 3/18/98 -0800, you wrote:
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>> Question - I very recently obtained a Symbolics 3650 lisp machine -- along
>> with six large boxes of associated 'stuff'. With luck, I hope to get this
>> beast back to life -- it apparently worked prior to being shipped to me (by
>> truck) but I obviously expect some problems. Does anyone on the List have
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>Congratulations! I wish I could be of some help -- I recently passed
>up the chance to take home a Symbolics 3670, and I -really- wish I had,
>because I think it ended up getting scrapped. *sob!*
I have been looking for a Symbolics machine to *try* to coax back to life
for a long time -- finally found this one for the cost of shipping. Very
glad to have the guy.
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>Unfortunately, I can't give any good specifics about this machine, since
>I've never worked with one. But I'm looking forward to hearing from
>you as you go through the process of getting it up and running. Keep
>us posted on your progress!
Slowly but surely...
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>> I am slowly building an 'Ancient Lisp'
>> web page (http//www.bs2000.com/talos/7090.htm is the beginning) that will,
>> hopefully, document as fully as possible the earliest days (1956-1963) of
>> Lisp with McCarthy and the other pioneers. The page is, at the moment, a
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>Excellent work! Thanks for pointing it out to us. I'm looking forward
>to reading it as it gets going :)
>
>-Seth
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BTW -- Thank's for the welcome to the Group...
Regards
Jack
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