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From: nikhil@NEWTOWNE-VARIETY.LCS.MIT.EDU (Rishiyur S. Nikhil)
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Subject: Opinion on Dec AI VaxStation?
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 15:18:08 EST
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From: nikhil@NEWTOWNE-VARIETY.LCS.MIT.EDU (Rishiyur S. Nikhil)


A friend of mine from India (Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur) is looking into buying Lisp machines for AI research.
Because of lack of maintenance, support etc. in India, he must rule out
Symbolics, LMI, TI, Xerox, etc.  The one exception seems to be an AI
VaxStation from DEC (DEC is represented in India).

So, he would like to obtain opinions about the DEC AI VaxStation from anyone
who has used it.  If you are/have been a user,  I would appreciate it if you
could send me your appraisal.  Reply to (ARPAnet):

                nikhil@xx.lcs.mit.edu

and I will pass it on to him. If there is interest, I can also summarize my
findings to this list.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rishiyur Nikhil