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␈β↓Q␈↓ ¬ STANFORD UNIVERSITY␈↓ ↓H
␈↓β␈↓ ¬_STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305␈↓ ↓H
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY␈↓
+ Telephone:␈↓ ↓H
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT␈↓
+415-497-4971␈↓ ↓H
␈↓␈↓ ¬y2 March, 1976␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
Ms. Ferne Halley␈↓ ↓H
DECUS Program Librarian␈↓ ↓H
Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society␈↓ ↓H
146 Main Street␈↓ ↓H
Maynard, Massachusetts 01754␈↓ ↓H
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Dear Ms. Hallley,␈↓ ↓H
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versions,␈α
including␈α
record␈α
structures␈α
and␈α
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print␈α
statement.␈α
These␈αfeatures,␈αand␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hmany␈α
more␈α
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which␈α
you␈α
may␈α
send␈α
out␈α
in␈α
the␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hfuture.␈α
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I␈α
am␈α
including␈α
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the␈α
BAIL␈α
user's␈α
manual.␈α
BAIL␈α
is␈α
a␈α
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the␈α
SAIL␈α
system.␈α
You␈α
probably␈α
should␈↓ ↓H
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documentation␈α
in␈α
answer␈α
to␈α
any␈α
requests␈α
for␈α
SAIL␈α
documentation,␈α
and,␈α
certainly,␈α
with␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hany␈α
copies␈α
of␈α
the␈α
system␈α
itself.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
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in␈α
FAILSAFE,␈α
9␈α
track,␈α
800␈α
bpi.␈α
Unfortunately,␈α
the␈α
date␈α
format␈α
on␈α
the␈α
files␈↓ ↓H
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probably␈α
ought␈α
to␈α
read␈α
in␈α
all␈α
files␈α
from␈α
the␈α
tape,␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hand␈α
correct␈α
the␈α
dates␈α
before␈α
sending␈α
it␈α
out.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
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I␈↓ ↓H
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the␈α
one␈α
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all␈α
the␈α
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on␈α
the␈α
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␈↓ ↓H
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of␈α
all␈α
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together␈α
with␈α
short␈α
descriptions␈α
of␈α
each␈↓ ↓H
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up␈α
a␈α
system,␈α
I'd␈α
get␈α
this␈α
file␈α
&␈α
read␈α
the␈α
pertinent␈αsections␈αbefore␈αgoing␈αfurther.␈αCould␈αyou␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hplease␈α
pass␈α
along␈α
this␈α
information␈α
to␈α
anyone␈α
receiving␈α
a␈α
new␈α
system?␈↓ ↓H
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Russell H. Taylor␈↓ εW
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