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Here's the info from the first edition DMG where they had all the descriptions of the various artifacts. If I remember right there was a module about the machine as well called the Vortex of Madness or something like that.
The description focuses on the machine more than Lum, but maybe someone with the module has more info on Baron Lum. He's definitely one of the Greyhawk NPCs.
"Perhaps this strange divice was built by gods long forgotten and survived the
eons since their passing, for it is incredibly ancient and of workmanship
unlike anything known today. The Machine was used by Baron Lum to build an
empire, but what has since become of this ponderous mechanism none can say.
Legends report that it has 60 levers, 40 dials, and 20 switches (but only
about 1/2 still function). Singly or in combination, these controls will
generate all sorts of powers and effects.
The Machine is delicate, intricate, bulky and very heavy (5,500 pounds). It
cannot be moved normally, and any serious jolt will set off and then destroy
1-4 functions of the artifact which can never be restored. It has a booth of
a size suitable for 4 man-sized creatures (4'x5'x7') to stand inside, and if
a creature or object is placed therein and the Machine's controls are worked,
something might happen."
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