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From: welch@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Arun Welch)
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Date: 10 Nov 88 19:27:04 GMT
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Folks, could you *please* respond to this person directly? Forwarding
messages between evryone who wants the machines and the person
advertising it is getting real old, and besides, do you really want me
reading your mail?

...arun


Date: Thu, 10 Nov 88 10:28:16 EST
From: miken@mirror.TMC.COM (Mike Nappo)
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To: welch@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Arun Welch)
Subject: Re: [purdue!gatech!ncar.UCAR.EDU!boulder!pikes!netnews@decwrl.dec.com: Re: 1108 freebies]



To all those who expressed interest in the Xerox 1108 lisp machines:

I have received a fair number of responses to my offer of these
machines.  I have also received a very interesting response which I
hereby pass along:


>To those schools and organizations looking into this as a great way to get 
>free machines (which it is), note that Xerox/Envos software licenses don't 
>transfer, so you'll have to get a license from them to run the Lisp, and it 
>costs $10K list (discounts will apply, depending on your situation). We ran
>into this earlier this year, but since we ended up using the machines for
>spare parts for our existing 1108 base instead of running lisp on them, we
>didn't have to pay.  It's still a good price for a lispmachine, though.


If this information changes your interest in this machine, please let me
know.  It seems that even a gift is not without its unforeseen costs these 
days.  I should also let you know that I would probably ship these items 
freight collect which can run any where from $100 - $1000 (I'm told that Xerox
may have to prep the machine prior to and after shipping). I'm trying
to locate a home for these machines within an organization that not only
can use them but that is willing to outlay the funds to support them.

If there are any questions, please let me know.