Restoring Symbolics 3650

Jack Harper

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Mar 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/20/98

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Hello all...

I was recently given a Symbolics 3650 along with several large boxes of
associated items. With luck, I hope to restore the machine to operating
condition.

Are there any other people out there that are trying to bring ancient
Symbolics machines back to life -- I would very much like to hear from you --
we could trade advice and counsel as well as hopefully parts etc etc.

Regards

Jack Harper

Rainer Joswig

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Mar 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/20/98

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In article <6eu3n0$r2f$1...@news-2.csn.net>, jha...@bs2000.com (Jack Harper)
wrote:

Try also on slug @ ai . sri . com . The Symbolics Lisp Users Group mailing
list. Very nice and helpful people there.

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Chuck Fry

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Mar 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/20/98

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In article <6eu3n0$r2f$1...@news-2.csn.net>,

Jack Harper <jha...@bs2000.com> wrote:
>Are there any other people out there that are trying to bring ancient
>Symbolics machines back to life -- I would very much like to hear from you --
>we could trade advice and counsel as well as hopefully parts etc etc.

While I don't own any of the hardware or have any documentation, I
worked at the Symbolics factory in the 36xx era, and could offer advice
on how to repair these beasts. Sorry to say, I can't work miracles, but
I can offer help on "cherry-picking" from a pile of parts.

Please contact me at chu...@chucko.com if you have questions.
-- Chuck
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Patrick Tufts

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Mar 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/23/98

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jha...@bs2000.com (Jack Harper) writes:
>Are there any other people out there that are trying to bring ancient
>Symbolics machines back to life -- I would very much like to hear from you --
>we could trade advice and counsel as well as hopefully parts etc etc.

I brought a 3640 back to life after scavenging from another 3640 and a
3670. I don't know about 3650 parts, but I know that you will
occasionally see 3640s and parts for free or nearly so. There are a
lot of these machines sitting around in closets.

In addition to the Symbolics Users Group (SLUG) mailing list, there's
a web page called, I think, the Symbolics Museum. It has lots of info
on the history of the machine and the company. It'll turn up in a web
search.

--Pat

Barry Margolin

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Mar 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/23/98

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In article <6f62s0$2go$1...@new-news.cc.brandeis.edu>,

Patrick Tufts <zi...@cs.brandeis.edu> wrote:
>I brought a 3640 back to life after scavenging from another 3640 and a
>3670. I don't know about 3650 parts, but I know that you will
>occasionally see 3640s and parts for free or nearly so. There are a
>lot of these machines sitting around in closets.

Unfortunately, most components are not interchangeable between 3640 and
3650. The 3600, 3640 and 3670 are L-machines, while the 3620 and 3650 are
G-machines. IIRC, the only boards that can be used in both are memory
boards, and maybe I/O boards.

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Will Ackel

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Mar 24, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/24/98

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I am designing an interface to a 3-D graphics system from LISP. I know
that Symbolics was doing this sort of thing toward the end. Is there
anyone who has the manuals for the Symbolics 3-D system?

Thanks

Will

In article <6eu3n0$r2f$1...@news-2.csn.net>, jha...@bs2000.com (Jack Harper)
wrote:

> Hello all...
>
> I was recently given a Symbolics 3650 along with several large boxes of
> associated items. With luck, I hope to restore the machine to operating
> condition.
>

> Are there any other people out there that are trying to bring ancient
> Symbolics machines back to life -- I would very much like to hear from you --
> we could trade advice and counsel as well as hopefully parts etc etc.
>

> Regards
>
> Jack Harper

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Rainer Joswig

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Mar 25, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/25/98

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In article <wackel-2403...@wackel.cts.com>,
wac...@cts.com.no.spam.please (Will Ackel) wrote:

> I am designing an interface to a 3-D graphics system from LISP. I know
> that Symbolics was doing this sort of thing toward the end. Is there
> anyone who has the manuals for the Symbolics 3-D system?

The S-Products are now available as "N-Products" ;-) from
Nichimen (http://www.nichimen.com/).

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