Carson Reynolds writes: “One of the more memorable architectures and operating systems of recent history were the Symbolics Lisp Machine and Genera Operating System. The systems featured such interesting novelties as 36-bit wide processors, hardware support for LISP interpreters, and open source (circa 1986). Those still pining might consider trying to get their own Symbolics system.”
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Eugenia Loli
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LispMs rule. Hands down, no question. Their fate is a shame- I’d love to buy a DEC Mutlia and run OpenGenera on it- the LispM environment that runs on Alpha machines. If anyone has a copy they wish to donate, contact me. I could go on and on, but just read those links.