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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
Peter K. Chiu␈↓ ↓H
Asst. Dir. for Systems & Operations␈↓ ↓H
The university of Mississippi␈↓ ↓H
University, Mississippi 38677␈↓ ↓H
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Dear Mr. Chiu,␈↓ ↓H
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is␈α
a␈α
new␈α
SAIL␈α
system.␈α
The␈α
tape␈α
was␈α
written␈α
in␈α
FAILSAFE,␈α
9␈α
track,␈α
800␈αbpi.␈αUnfortunately,␈↓ ↓H
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DATE75␈α
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them,␈α
&␈α
redump␈α
them.␈α
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sorry␈α
about␈α
the␈α
delay␈↓ ↓H
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getting␈α
this␈α
back␈α
to␈α
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all␈α
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I'd␈α
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the␈α
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␈↓ α_Stanford, California 94305␈↓ ↓H
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manual,␈α
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this␈α
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much␈α
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