Tim Bradshaw discusses the myths around Lisp Machines and why they were probably never competitive.
https://www.tfeb.org/fragments/2025/11/18/the-lost-cause-of-the-lisp-machines
@interlisp ☝️ A vertical scroll bar at the left edge of a window. Wait, what?
@amoroso @interlisp left scrollbars were a thing on #lispmachine systems. Genera image attached. Probably something where the MIT Lisp Machine was inspired by Interlisp-D or Smalltalk?
Paolo Amoroso
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In the 1980s some Xerox Lisp Machines came with an IBM PC/XT expansion card that allowed running MS-DOS software from the Interlisp-D environment, like the black window of a spreadsheet program at the bottom left. This screenshot is from a flyer of the Xerox 1186 AI workstation.
https://groups.google.com/g/lispcore/c/aCC34TmRSmc/m/KQwufgfABQAJ
In the 1980s some Xerox Lisp Machines came with an IBM PC/XT expansion card that allowed running MS-DOS software from the Interlisp-D environment, like the black window of a spreadsheet program at the bottom left. This screenshot is from a flyer of the Xerox 1186 AI workstation.
https://groups.google.com/g/lispcore/c/aCC34TmRSmc/m/KQwufgfABQAJ
alcinnz
boosted
If you have a debugger, all problems are trivial. #LispM#LispMachine hacking gone wild!
I updated my post "Do I need a Lisp Machine comeback?". I have added the new information I've found with chatting with folks on lisp IRC channels.
https://far.chickenkiller.com/computing/do-i-need-a-lisp-machine-comeback/
Seems like I was looking for was "residential style development" or something. Dunno yet what does it mean. But for sure I am digging something out of grave!
#lisp #lispmachine #interlisp #residentialdevelopment #development #softwaredevelopment #programming #commonlisp #clisp #cl #computing #computers #retrocomputing #wakegp #research
alcinnz
boosted
Someone should write some #MIT#CADR microcode and supporting code to make it possible to run #Interlisp / #Medley on the #MIT#LispMachine#LispM
Someone should write some #MIT#CADR microcode and supporting code to make it possible to run #Interlisp / #Medley on the #MIT#LispMachine#LispM
If you have a debugger, all problems are trivial. #LispM#LispMachine hacking gone wild!