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Norton Greenfeld suggested I drop you a note about the jericho.  First, to
establish which of the J. Allen "clones" i  am; i am not the mit, sri,  or
texas version; i am the  anatomy of lisp/ lisp conference/  (t.(l.c))-lisp
version. tlc -the lisp co- is  generating versions of lisp for micros  (in
particular, the  z-80 so  far) and  as such  is a  possible consumer,  not
competitor of a jericho-class machine.

my questions to Norton expresssed concern that the machine have a  display
system supporting Display-lisp facilites; he assured me that such was  the
intent. he passed my other questions  to you: namely whether or not  these
machines would be commercially available and if so, what time-frame?   and
of course, the ubiquitous question of price.

my questions are not  idle curiousity.  i am  talking with a company  that
wants to  commit to  a  lisp dailect  for  their future  development,  and
desparately wants an  answer:  interlisp?  or maclisp?  [personally, i  am
opting for a middle ground (or more likely a swamp!) based on  feasibility
of developing a common subset] they currently see commercial  maclisp-like
machines; it could  be useful  to know that  a comparable  interlisp-based
product would be available shortly.

i would appreciate any help you could give,

john