> What killed them? The SPARCs came in and ran all the LISP faster. Didn't Genera take something like 1/2 hour to boot & configure itself? Even on the LISPM emulators Genera takes about 10 mins to boot on a decently fast alpha... A decent reading set for any one interested: http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/cadr/chinual_6thEd_Jan84/ The section on Processes is relatively interesting as well. -- Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny, To that goal long ago to me assigned. I'll follow and not falter; if my will Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on. -- Epictetus