klm@cme.nist.gov (Ken Manheimer) (10/22/90)
I have a pair of fully loaded "Classic" explorers for sale (both
explorer I, not II; one's an LX). I went through a round of offers a
few months ago but didn't wind up coming up with any deals, so this
time i'm posting a lower price up front - $5000 for the pair or $2500
for the regular and $3500 for the LX, plus shipping. (Note that i've
assembled a complete and up to date set of documentation for only the
LX; while i'm pretty sure i have a complete and up to date manual set
for the other, it's not at all organized and would take work
distinguishing old docs from recent versions...)
Since TI has gone out of the Lisp Machine Business these machines
would probably be a cheap way for Explorer I *and* II owners to ensure
continued operations, since (as i understand it) the pedestals, memory,
Consoles, ethernet card, ..., and all the software is interchangeable
between I's and II's.
Note that i'm selling these as an individual - it's me that owns them,
not NIST (the place i work for). They are in excellent operating
order, with all the tapes and manuals (as well as numerous extra SCSI
tapes), and i've been using one of them sporadically over the past
year (with extensive use in the past few months) with no problems at
all.
The details (in my original posting) on the machines is attached
below. I'm going to be on leave the coming week (10/21-25) so you
will receive a 'vacation' notification if you send email to may
account. I'll be logging in periodically, tho, and respond within a
few days.
Cheers,
Ken Manheimer Nat'l Inst of Standards and Technology
klm@cme.nist.gov (301)975-3539 (Formerly Nat'l Bureau of Standards)
Factory Automation Systems Division Unix Systems Support Manager
I like time. It's one of my favorites.
A while back i purchased some used Explorers from Johns Hopkins
University to get acquainted with Flavors and Common Lisp and
investigate a lisp dialect developing. I need to trim my load and
would like to find a nice home for these machines. They have a
complete contingent of hardware and the software is reasonably to very
up-to-date. They are loaded with lots of optional software like NFS,
Prolog, Grasper, Relational Table Manager, ... They're nice machines
and offer a *great* operating environment, but it's more than i need
for work on my dialect.
Both these machines are fully operational (and have run without
hitches for months), both as standalone machines and on an ethernet
network. They are running both running Explorer Release 6.0.
Both machines have:
Console, mouse, CPU pedestal, ethernet interface, all cables, etc...
8 MB memory
2 x 140 MB SCSI disks
The LX has:
68020 coprocessor running Texas Instruments SysV r 2.3.0 Unix
1 additional 140 MB SCSI disk
SCSI 1/4" SCSI tape cartridge
LX software for TCP/IP /Busnet/ NFS communication between Unix and Lisp sides
TI-85 Dot matrix printer
I have two complete sets of Explorer documentation, with one
set including Explorer, LX, optional packages, and TI Unix
documentation assembled in binders to current modification levels.
(No slight feat, that...)
I also have an Explorer Odyssey (digital signal processor) board and
driver software which i have not tried to install.
Drop me a line or give me a call if you're interested.
Ken Manheimer
klm@cme.nist.gov
Work, 9:00 - 5:30 days Home, other times
Phone: (301) 975-3539 Phone: (301) 762-4868
[As i mentioned above, i'm on leave the week of 10/22-25 but will be
checking in on email periodically. klm]