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Luca Pisati
Manager of Graphics Software    Voice:  (310) 577-0518
Nichimen Graphics               Fax:    (310) 577-0577
12555 W. Jefferson #285         EMail:  mailto:pisati@nichimen.com
Los Angeles, CA 90066           Web:    http://www.nichimen.com



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Manager of Graphics Software    Voice:  (310) 577-0518
Nichimen Graphics               Fax:    (310) 577-0577
12555 W. Jefferson #285         EMail:  mailto:pisati@nichimen.com
Los Angeles, CA 90066           Web:    http://www.nichimen.com

 

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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:09:43 -0500
From: "David K. Schmidt"
Subject: Status of Symbolics
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In January Symbolics laid off the last 3 employees.  After 10 years with
Symbolics and two unsuccessful attempts to buy the assets, I am off to
other, yet to be determined, endeavors.  My last year and a half as
President, CEO, CFO, Director of Sales and East Coast Customer Service
Engineer  was without a doubt the most interesting.  I want to thank all
those loyal Symbolics customers who helped keep the company going well pa=
st
its perdicted demise. =


In anticipation of a number of questions that people might have, I am
providing the following information.

The person or persons who made the successful offer to buy the Symbolics
assets are using a Boston law firm, Ropes and Gray (617-951-7000), to
handle the purchase.  I have heard rumors that  Andrew Topping is involve=
d
in the deal, but I have no information about him.  I do not know what the=
ir
plans are and do not know  whether they will offer hardware and/or softwa=
re
maintenance.  =


The Symbolics phone numbers in Chatsworth, CA are still in operation, but=

no one is answering the phone and I am not sure whether anyone is checkin=
g
the messages.

Princeton Capital Finance Co. (PrinCap), the current owner of the Symboli=
cs
assets, told me they were shutting down their operation on Friday, 2/27. =

Their phone number (609-275-7100) is supposed to remain in service as a
voice mail box.  I was told that Steve Gander had been tasked by ABN-AMRO=

Bank to hold Symbolics together until the purchase is closed.  His curren=
t
E-mail address is gander@dinar.princap.com, but that will change after th=
ey
turn off the PrinCap computers in a month or so.  The only mailing addres=
s
left for Symbolics is P.O. Box 389, Princeton Junction, NJ  80530

Ron Drake is the representative of ABN-AMRO Bank who is supervising the
shutdown of PrinCap.  He appears to have significant influence over what
happens to the Symbolics assets and is directing Steve Gander on what he =
is
allowed to do for Symbolics maintenance customers.  His number is
212-891-0621.  This is the only number for the current owners where you
will get a live person at the other end of the phone.

Before I left, the second release of Open Genera for DEC Alpha workstatio=
ns
was ready to go out for CD duplication.  Genera 8.5 for Ivory workstation=
s
was close to completion, but had a few bugs left to work out.  I do not
know what the future of these two products will be.

For those people with hardware problems while Symbolics is in a state of
limbo, I will be happy to try to assist you in any way I can. If you need=

help or have other questions, please feel free to contact me by E-mail at=

dkschmidt@compuserve.com or by phone at 703-455-0430.

DAVID K. SCHMIDT



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