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From: think!massar@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU (JP Massar)
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Subject: Latest *Lisp Simulator freely available
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Date: 30 Oct 90 14:03:19 GMT
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Thinking Machines is pleased to announce that the latest *Lisp Simulator is
freely available.  The *Lisp Simulator is a simulator for *Lisp, one of the
programming languages used to program the Connection Machine.

The *Lisp Simulator is available via anonymous ftp in the /public directory
of think.com.  The file that can be ftp'ed is a Unix 'shar' file called

starsim-f18-sharfile

(where f18 may be replaced in the future by a higher release number)

The F18 version of the *Lisp Simulator is compatible with the latest *Lisp
software (version 6.0) for the Connection Machine hardware.

This sharfile provides the necessary sources and systems for the *Lisp
Simulator to run under Symbolics, Lucid, Allegro and Franz Common Lisps.
Porting the *Lisp Simulator to other Common Lisp's is generally a simple
matter.

Documentation for the *Lisp language is available at cost from Thinking
Machines Corporation.  The *Lisp Reference Manual and the Dictionary
together are $100.  Send either a check or a purchase order to:

Thinking Machines Corporation
245 First Street 
Cambridge, MA  02142-1264
Attn:  Katy Smith

People wishing to distribute the *Lisp Simulator should distribute it using
this sharfile and not from the sources provided on-site at Connection
Machine customer installations, since these sources do not provide all the
documentation, instructions and auxiliary files useful in installing the
*Lisp Simulator at a non Connection Machine site.

Thinking Machines will continue to provide support for the *Lisp Simulator
for Thinking Machine's Connection Machine customers.  Thinking Machines is
under no obligation to provide support for other users of the *Lisp
Simulator, either in porting or using it.


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