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   Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 05:49:20 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

   • Shae Erisson

   @shapr those are at least the ones descendant if MIT LispM. Then you had others too…. If you know the name of the individual and can DM it I can prolly “pull the file”.

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     Lars Brinkhoff (larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 19:42:02 JST Lars Brinkhoff

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     • Shae Erisson

     @amszmidt @shapr FACOMα. I think they look great, even a bit better than the CADR.

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     Lars Brinkhoff (larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 19:42:03 JST Lars Brinkhoff

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     • Shae Erisson

     @amszmidt @shapr There were also Japanese "Maclisp compatible" Lisp machines. But maybe they didn't have any MIT DNA in that sense.

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     Doug Cutting (cutting@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:02:47 JST Doug Cutting

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     • Lars Brinkhoff

     @larsbrinkhoff @amszmidt @shapr The Xerox Dorado never had a case, just a bunch of boards in a rack. Can't find a photo of a complete one. Crazy-fast single-user Interlisp machine. https://larrymasinter.net/80-doradolisp.pdf

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:02:47 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     • Lars Brinkhoff
     • Doug Cutting

     @cutting @larsbrinkhoff @shapr a rack counts as a case (CADR and Lambda .. never had a case). Please find a picture!

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     Doug Cutting (cutting@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:40:06 JST Doug Cutting

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     • Weekend Editor

     @weekend_editor @larsbrinkhoff @amszmidt @shapr I had a Dorado as my desktop for a while and it was reliable enough. I remember once it crashed and someone had to reseat the boards in the backplane and it was good to go again! Larry @masinter has a Mastodon account but doesn't look like he's active here. Interlisp-D was an acquired taste for sure. The development environment, once you got to know it, was perhaps the best I ever used. Watching Larry code was like watching a juggler ride a bike with 8 balls in the air while giddily describing his route.

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     Weekend Editor (weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:40:08 JST Weekend Editor

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     • Doug Cutting

     @cutting @larsbrinkhoff @amszmidt @shapr

     I had used a Dolphin in the early 80s, but never a Dorado.

     My impression was they went crazy with ECL technology chips to implement it. But it still wasn't completely reliable because it was full of race conditions?

     (Memory from the early 1980s, so not the most reliable memory. Also, I never liked Interlisp, so I may have some remaining prejudice in the matter.)

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 05:48:33 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     • Shae Erisson
     • Paolo Amoroso
     • Lars Brinkhoff
     • masinter
     • Weekend Editor
     • Doug Cutting

     @cutting Interlisp-D hackers are still at work, like @masinter and @amoroso - https://interlisp.org is super cool!

     @weekend_editor @larsbrinkhoff @shapr @masinter