massar@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU (JP Massar) (06/04/91)
Thinking Machines is pleased to announce that the latest *Lisp Simulator is freely available. The *Lisp Simulator is a simulator for *Lisp, one of the programming languages used to program the Connection Machine. Thinking Machines now provides free, with the *Lisp Simulator, an on-line 'Getting Started in *Lisp' manual. This manual is also available (as of 6/15/91) in hardcopy without charge from Thinking Machines (see ordering *Lisp documentation below) The *Lisp Simulator is available via anonymous ftp in the /public directory of think.com. The file that can be ftp'ed is a Unix 'shar' file called starsim-f19-sharfile (where f19 may be replaced in the future by a higher release number) The F19 version of the *Lisp Simulator is compatible with the latest *Lisp software (version 6.0 and the future 6.1 release) for the Connection Machine hardware. It is written in portable CLtL I. This sharfile provides the necessary sources and systems for the *Lisp Simulator to run under Symbolics, Lucid, Allegro and Franz Common Lisps. Porting the *Lisp Simulator to other Common Lisp's is generally a simple matter. The 'Getting Started in *Lisp' manual is available free of charge. Other documentation for the *Lisp language is available at cost from Thinking Machines Corporation. The *Lisp Reference Manual and the Dictionary together are $100. Send a request and/or a check or a purchase order to: Thinking Machines Corporation 245 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142-1264 Attn: Katy Smith Or by sending e-mail to: Internet: documentation-order@think.com uucp: harvard!think!documentation-order Note: People wishing to distribute the *Lisp Simulator should distribute it using the sharfile in /public and not from the sources provided on-site at Connection Machine customer installations, since these sources do not provide all the documentation, instructions and auxiliary files useful in installing the *Lisp Simulator at a non Connection Machine site. Caveat: Thinking Machines will continue to provide support for the *Lisp Simulator for Thinking Machine's Connection Machine customers. Thinking Machines is under no obligation to provide support for other users of the *Lisp Simulator, either in porting or using it. -- -- JP Massar, Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA -- ihnp4!think!massar, massar@think.com -- 617-876-1111