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I worked on the Slymbolics 1200, as we called it affectionately, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics) in the late 80s
by bitdiddle 17y ago
I worked on the Slymbolics 1200, as we called it affectionately, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics) in the late 80s. It was absolutely the best experience I've ever had programming. I still own shares in Symbolics. Had I known what was happening with RMS at that time and had been politically conscious enough to understand the issues I might not have used the machine. However as they say, hindsight is 20-20.
- jacquesm 17y ago> Had I known what was happening with RMS at that time and had been politically conscious enough to understand the issues I might not have used the machine. What do you mean with that ?
- bitdiddle 17y agoThere's a summary here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman) under the section "Hacker culture declines". There's more detail in an RMS biography, the reference for which I don't have handy.