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From: fritzson@bigburd.PRC.Unisys.COM (Richard Fritzson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: lispmachine
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Date: 8 Dec 87 13:36:28 GMT
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In article <1437@mind.UUCP> eliot@mind.UUCP (Eliot Handleman) writes:
>I'm trying to acquire a lispmachine for our department (which, despite
>the header, is music) at minimal cost. Could someone point me in the
>right direction - bear in mind we have an exceedingly tight budget.

As far as I know, a Xerox 1186 is still the lowest cost "lisp machine"
around. It is slower than the others, but the superior environment
makes up for the slowness (well almost). But, if I were on a limited
budget, and wanted a standalone lisp development environment, I'd consider a 
Macintosh II, with lots of memory, a very large screen and Coral Lisp.

I think your total outlay would be much less than what you would pay for any 
Lisp machine. The Coral environment seems decent enough and it has some
Mac development frills that are unlike any I've seen on Lisp machines. And,
you would have one of the best standalone personal computers you can get.

I've got no affiliation with any of these companies. I'm just a satisfied
Xerox user and a Macintosh admirer.

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