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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine demo (2013) [video] by nexuist on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @01:10AM (#26965819)
> Please don't part out keyboards from old computer systems so you can use them with your Macbook. Give them to people who are actually working on collecting and preserving the old systems.

...Or do with them as you please, so that they may continue pushing the world forward instead of uselessly sitting around in a museum corner collecting dust.

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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine demo (2013) [video] by sprynr on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:12PM (#26984438)
100% agree, we have full documentation of the board schematics and have photos from full teardowns, along with examples already stored in museums. Storing becomes hoarding after a point.
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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine demo (2013) [video] by sedachv on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:17PM (#26987509)
I am not talking about hypotheticals or museums, I am talking about actual running systems. I know the most active restorer of Symbolics systems in the US. His biggest problem is finding enough consoles and keyboards.

Why don't you try to actually build a reproduction Symbolics keyboard (I did), and see how much time and money it is going to cost you.

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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine demo (2013) [video] by nexuist on Thursday April 29, 2021 @06:30PM (#26987607)
Perhaps you could connect OP to your friend and see if they would be willing to make a trade!
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Re:Symbolics Lisp Machine demo (2013) [video] by sedachv on Thursday April 29, 2021 @11:42PM (#26989648)
Sure. My email address is in my profile: [email protected]
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