cheselka@cactus.org (Mike R. Cheselka) (04/10/91)
Hi,
Someone gave me a xerox 1109, because they said that the hard drive was broken
but when I got it home, I found the hard drive locked for shipment. Naturaly,
when I unlocked them, the machine came up fine. I think they got them at a
MCC corp. auction, there are some stickers to indicate some thing like that.
I have some questions:
1) The version I have is Koto Lisp 2.0, and I have heard about the "medley"
release. Since I got into this for free, I will have to decide whether to
get this release or not. Is it worth it, and how much is it? I am not a
major corporation.
2) Can the 8 inch floppy drive be tossed out and a 3.5 inch drive be used?
Can the 3.5 inch drive be used in 720 or 1.44 with a patch?
3) Where can I get software for this beast? FTP,LISTSERV, user group, etc.
4) Are there any Japanese users out there? I would like to be able to use
the kanji font for irc( Internet Relay Chat) and e-mail.
5) How can I bring the machine back to a clean state without going to the
sysout on the Koto release floppies?
6) How can I learn more about the hardware, and upgrade boards? This machine
is in an 1108 case so some upgrading has been done already. Can I expand
the memory? It has 4 megs already. 8191 pages( REALMEMORYSIZE).
7) I assume the modem cable to rs232( J11) is just a regular one, note: not
a null connection, a true modem( I want to take advantage of the big screen
for logging onto some UNIX bbs's). What is a rs366( J12)?
8) What is a good book on lisp? I picked up "Structure and Interpretation of
Computer Programs" by Abelson, Sussman, and Sussman ( 1985) at the
library, and am thinking about a book I saw called( I'm guessing)"Lisp:
an Interactive Approach"( a paper book bound with a plastic ring binder).
Thanks for any information you may send my way!
Esp. if it points to xerox 1108/9 specific information.
Again, Thanks!
PS: One of them bears a sticker "i love mupid". Any meaning to that?sweeney@ingres.com (Tony Sweeney) (04/12/91)
Mike, I've been trying to mail you, but cheselka@cactus.org keeps getting bounced by bigtex.cactus.org. I looked in the maps from comp.mail.maps but couldn't figure out where you really were, since you didn't include an organization before. Should I infer from your organization that you really are cheselka@peyote.cactus.org, since that is the mail site with organization Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society? @cactus.org defaults to @bigtex.cactus.org, 'n they don't know you... Mail me again, I'll try the bang path from your last mail. If all else fails, we can resort to the phone. Tony.