Talk: Operating systems timeline

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The Lisp Machine was a machine with a real operating system all its own. In fact, it was in many ways a very influential system, some of whose ideas have gone on to influence many other systems.

The earliest manual I have (the black "Chinual") is dated January 1979. I think the previous date given ('77) may be a bit too early - it is not exactly (albeit it is roughly) in accord with my memory, which is that the CADR came to life in '78 or so. (I was there the first time Moon tried to load the machine, and I only started hanging out at 545 Tech Sq in the fall of '77, and it wasn't right away that they got the CADR up.) Noel 15:24, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)