massar@Think.COM (JP Massar) (07/18/90)
Thinking Machines is pleased to announce that the *Lisp Simulator is now freely available. The *Lisp Simulator is a simulator for *Lisp, one of the parallel programming languages used to program the Connection Machine. 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-f17-sharfile (where f17 may be replaced in the future by a higher release number) This sharfile provides the necessary sources and systems for the *Lisp Simulator to run under Symbolics, Lucid, Kyoto, Allegro and Franz Common Lisps. Porting the *Lisp Simulator to other Common Lisp's is generally a simple matter. Documentation for the *Lisp language is available at cost from Thinking Machines Corporation. Contact Thinking Machines' Customer Support (csg@think.com) for more information about obtaining documentation. People wishing to distribute the *Lisp Simulator should distribute it using this sharfile and not from the sources provides 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. 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