In article <······················@wyvern.via.mind.org>, ·······@wyvern.via.mind.org (Paul Williams) writes:
> Is it possible for a private person to be able to afford a true-to-
> Gohd Lisp Machine? It it a pain in the rectum? How much is the
> least-expensive-but-most-compatible?
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> ·······@wyvern.via.mind.org (Paul Williams)
> The Wyvern's Nest (Lawrenceville, GA)
Many organizations have shelved, trashed, surplused, etc, their
circa 1985 lisp machines.
Quite likely once a machine gets to a government surplus dealer
it will have been treated as scrap, and totally stripped of disk
drives, documentation, etc.
But there are ways for certain classes of organizations to obtain
government surplus equipment via a transfer mechanism.
-gjc
IntelliCorp disposed of most of their Symbolics machines last year
to a place called "Weird Stuff Warehouse" in San Jose, CA. I think
the price was under a thousand dollars. I assume most of them
have been stripped but they may still have a few worth picking up.
-Rajiv
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