\|\\M0BASL30;\M1BASI30;\M2NGR40;\M3NGR25;\M4NGR20;\MFSTA200;
\Y'200;\FFS\F2
\Y'320;\CSTANFORD UNIVERSITY
\F3\CSTANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305
\F4



CENTER FOR COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTICS\←L\-R\/'7;\+R\→.\→S    Telephone:
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY\←S\→.(415) 497-4971
\∞MONTH1⊂January⊃\∞MONTH2⊂February⊃\∞MONTH3⊂March⊃\;
\∞MONTH4⊂April⊃\∞MONTH5⊂May⊃\∞MONTH6⊂June⊃\;
\∞MONTH7⊂July⊃\∞MONTH8⊂August⊃\∞MONTH9⊂September⊃\;
\∞MONTH10⊂October⊃\∞MONTH11⊂November⊃\∞MONTH12⊂December⊃\;
\`'40;\8MONTHNAM(STRARG)⊂MONTH⊗STRARG⊗⊃\;
\8CAT(A,B,C)[⊗A⊗⊗B⊗⊗C⊗]\;
\∞DATIME[\u'14;\→D\;
\←D\%=31;\+=1;\P\←D\/=31;\→D\%=12;\+=1;\P\←D\/=12;\+=1964;\→D\;
\qE\qF\!CAT(\\!MONTH,\DE,;); \DF, \DD\;]\;

\F0\!DATIME;
\←L\+=200;\→l\←R\-=200;\→r\;


Johan Sundberg 
Department of Speech Communication
Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden


Dear Johan:

\J
     I am afraid it would not be practical to make my music printing
programs run on a VAX computer at this time.  Over half of my work
is written in the assembly language of the PDP10.  Since I have used
only FORTRAN on the PDP11 (and IBM360) machines it would take me
a while to learn the new instructions of the VAX.  It would be possible
for me to do this but  I would have to give myself from 3 to 6 months
and I don't really have the time for this unless I were to get the
backing to set up a commercial center for music printing, in which case
I would have to adapt my programs to something smaller than a PDP10.
There are several publishers in America who have expressed interest
in financing my system but my price is still too high for them.  I
require $200,000 because I would have to count on earning no profit
for 3 or 4 years at first.  The equipment necessary would probably
cost no more than about $120,000.  This would include a used
PDP10 (KA10) (or a new small computer manufactured locally that runs
all the PDP10 software), two good interactive graphics displays and
a Varian or Versatek electrostatic plotter, plus disk and tape units.

     I have enclosed one of my publications.  In this case the original
pages were all set up at the display and then drawn at 3.5 times the
basic size on a Calcomp plotter.  The pages were then photo-reduced
and printed by the standard lithographic method.  I no longer use
the Calcomp plotter because it was very slow.  Instead I now use
a Varian STATOS plotter which will make 30"x40" originals (in 2
pieces, which I must tape together) in about 1.5  minutes.  I have
also enclosed some "proof" sheets made on the Varian.  I hope these
examples will serve your purposes.
\.
\←L\→S\←R\-L\/'2;\+L\→L

Very sincerely,




Leland Smith
Professor of Music
\←S\→L