In 1985 much of the money going into Symbolics came from DARPA funding - direct or indirect. Strategic Defense Initiative, Strategic Computing, etc. Up to then

In 1985 much of the money going into Symbolics came from DARPA funding - direct or indirect. Strategic Defense Initiative, Strategic Computing, etc. Up to then almost all machines were sold into government projects. That was a peak year for Symbolics. In 1986 a Symbolics 3620 was about the size of a large tower PC. http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/symbolics/brochures/3620_1986.pdf http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/symbolics/brochures/3...