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[[Image:Knight-keyboard.png|thumb|right|The Knight keyboard was used with the MIT-AI [[ITS]] machine and CADRs; this is a rendition of the layout]]
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The '''CADR''' was the first successful [[LISP machine]], built by the [[MIT AI Lab]] as a follow-on to the prototype [[CONS]] machine.  
 
The '''CADR''' was the first successful [[LISP machine]], built by the [[MIT AI Lab]] as a follow-on to the prototype [[CONS]] machine.  
  
Physically, the [[microcode]]d [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was a single huge [[wire-wrap]] swing-out bay mounted in the front of an [[H960 rack]]. A separate [[backplane]] held [[main memory]] cards, [[Input/output|I/O]] cards, etc.
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Physically, the [[microcode]]d [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] was a single huge [[wire-wrap]] swing-out bay mounted in the front of an [[H960 rack]]. A separate [[backplane]] held [[main memory]] cards, [[input/output|I/O]] cards, etc.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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** [https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/lmman-editions.html Lisp Machine Manual Editions]
 
** [https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/lmman-editions.html Lisp Machine Manual Editions]
  
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[[Category: Workstations]]
 
[[Category: Workstations]]

Revision as of 17:21, 9 October 2022

The Knight keyboard was used with the MIT-AI ITS machine and CADRs; this is a rendition of the layout

The CADR was the first successful LISP machine, built by the MIT AI Lab as a follow-on to the prototype CONS machine.

Physically, the microcoded CPU was a single huge wire-wrap swing-out bay mounted in the front of an H960 rack. A separate backplane held main memory cards, I/O cards, etc.

External links