[LispM] Seeking a working LISP machine, and demonstration of PICON software

[Peter Paine]

At 4:15 PM -0800 12/31/02, Robert Moore wrote:
>I would like to either buy or videotape a demo of a LISP Machine 
>running PICON (product of LMI in the mid-1980's).  This is to prove 
>what existed at the time, for a useful purpose.  PICON was 
>eventually ported to Symbolics and TI Explorer machines as well as 
>running on LMI Lambdas.  If you have any suggestions, such as 
>suggested contacts, or can provide such a demo, I would be happy to 
>discuss the details.  I am also interested in finding an operational 
>LISP machine, in case the software is separately available.
>Robert Moore
><mailto:RMoore@alum.mit.edu>RMoore@alum.mit.edu
>

Roger,

Apologies  for late response.
Don't think that I have seen PICON - might it have gone by a 
different name?  what did it do?
I have working Symbolics machines available see 
<http://www.abstractscience.freeserve.co.uk/symbolics/>,
but am amazed that you cannot find the same at MIT.

Peter