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Rainer Joswig <joswig@lavielle.com> wrote:
:  Genera 8.3 works on a 3640.

Cool.  The first, and most daunting, hurdle is leapt.

:  3640 machines do not support SCSI AFAIK.

Not so good.  Anyone have a source of new ESDI drives?

:  For repairs etc. you can reach Symbolics via "David K. Schmidt" <dkschmidt@c
:  ompuserve.com> .

Thanks much for the pointer.

:  >Also, is it possible to extend the console cable to, say, 50 feet?
:  
:  More. Atleast 200 feet should be possible.

Wonderful.  I'm developing a goal of replacing the overgrown BSD-running
PC I'm using as a network terminal with the LispM's console, and
finally having a truly comfortable environment....

:  Advice? O.k., if you are really a fan, contact Symbolics
:  and get an Ivory (MacIvory 3, XL1200, XL1201, ...) machine.

I'd thought they'd stopped doing hardware.  In any case, this kind of
implies acquiring a Macintosh of some flavour, doesn't it?  The last
thing I need is another computer in the house - last count was 37, and
that doesn't include the PC carcasses....

:  The 3640 is drawing too much power - if you ask me.

Actually, I had a special circuit put in for it during some recent
remodelling.  It'll be right next to the PDP 11/70, since that room's
the only one with decent cooling.

:  If you want to stay with your 3640, make sure you
:  have enough memory boards and be careful with
:  your console.

Well, I've got quite a collection of spare boards (mostly memory), and
four spare chassis.  I have three consoles, but two are shot - I think
one's got a problem in the high-voltage section, which should be easy
enough to deal with when I get sufficiently motivated.  The other
one just seems plain autistic.  It's hard to tell what is supposed to
go on internally without any hardware docs - like, does the console
actually attempt any sort of processing and video generation, or is it
all done remotely by the LispM?

:  Also make backups from
:  your tapes  - you should transfer the contents over the
:  network to some other machine. 

Tapes?  Network?  Maybe if I can talk Symbolics out of such things for
some sort of not-too-exorbitant fee....

Thanks for the info.

	Dworkin