All he wanted in his dream machine was a nice mechanical keyboard, a widescreen display, and enough battery power to go mobile should the need arise. Anything else would be gilding the lily.

Typically with keyboards customized for LISP commands, machines from Symbolics, Lisp Machines Inc., TI and Xerox were introduced in the 1980s. See LISP. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

What do you with a pint-sized, battery-operated LISP machine? Beats us. We doubt you’ll be moving your Emacs macros to one anytime soon.