Xerox 1186 LISP machines available in southern Illinois

[Jim Battle]

I received an email that has sent to a number of other folks, but but 
apparently there are no takers yet, and Xerox computers aren't up my 
alley.  I asked and she said it would be OK to forward her email to the 
list.

If you are interested, and really can give these machines a caring home, 
and not just space in your trophy collection, please let me know and 
I'll forward your contact information to the sender and she can sort out 
who should get it.

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I wondered if you had an interest in the Xerox 1186 produced around 
1986. Pictures are attached. I know they are quite uncommon. I have 7 of 
the computers... one monitor.... and now one keyboard. I just found the 
keyboard... and an amazing amount of literature, manuals and software 
(in addition to what is in the one picture). I literally have mountains 
of manuals and boxes of software... really large floppies and then the 
smaller ones I remember from my first computer days (the 5 inch ones) !! 
I have yet to look through it all and determine what is there.

All of the Xeroxes I have are pretty much the same except some are 
missing the C7 rigid 80Mb disk. I took pictures of the back of one with 
the drive  and one without the drive. The product code on the one 
pictured with the C7 is 62H. Some of them have a panel over the place 
that contains C6 and C7. I did not remove it and I am not sure I can 
easily. I believe the person who had them had them all together.

There are only two external hard drives that attach to the back - the 
product code on the bottom of the one is 78D. There is a picture of one 
of them. I know that they have had one owner and have been in one 
general area since the beginning. I believe they have been moved twice 
in their life after the initial delivery.

  At this time I do not know if any will power up. I believe I found 
their original power cords.... but I do know that the hard drives have 
been erased because the data that had been stored on them was of a 
private research based nature. I will try some soon.

  They are heavy and really take the space... but I, as a collector of 
hundreds of things, am accustomed to tripping over my stuff!!! I only 
have received a couple of bruises from these and their acquisition! I do 
not collect computers, though. However,  as I look at them and all the 
stuff with them... I and my friends fear that I will become attached to 
them, and never be able to let them go. However, my intent is to sell 
them. I have seen so many sites of individuals who have such a love for 
saving, protecting and restoring these things. My collections are really 
just to admire not to repair or use. In fact, I am oftened asked "does 
it work" when people look at my stuff (especially the vintage radios) 
and my answer is " I do not know." Most of the have never been plugged 
in at all. I just want them because they are beautiful.

If I do let go of these... I want to know they will be safe for eternity.

If you are interested in more info... let me know and when I learn more 
and compile the list of literature... I will send it to you.
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