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From: sanborn@brillig.umd.edu (Jim Sanborn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Symbolics LM-2 possibly available
Keywords: hot, heavy, but elegant: the '61 Caddy of computers
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Date: 14 May 88 15:54:25 GMT
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Brad Yearwood writes that he's somehow managed to "rescue" an LM-2,
and would like to know how it can once again be made useful.  This
was the 1st Lispm I ever used, so I'm happy to throw him my $0.02 worth...

I believe you've got two options.  When Symbolics announced the 3600 
machine (1st of the 36xx series), there were only a few (maybe 60-100) 
LM-2's in circulation.  I believe they tried to get them all back;
yours is the 1st I've heard of since then.  I don't know if you've
contacted them--your posting didn't say--but you might find someone
there who can help you.

Your second option is to get in touch with someone at the MIT AI Lab.
They still have some CADRs (and parts) there, tho I don't know of any
LM-2's there.  Anyway, the LM-2 pretty much *is* a CADR, so someone
there should be able to help.

Finally, my best advice to you is to ransom the thing back to Symbolics
for whatever their current top o' th' line is.  The LM-2 was an unstable
beasty put out to develop a market; it wasn't supposed to last.  Lucky
for Symbolics that so many people took the bait.  Good luck with the
restoration; it'd be nice to see one o' them big ol' keyboards and nifty 
screens in action again!

						-Jim Sanborn
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