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␈¬␈¬↓␈¬α␈¬β␈¬∧␈¬∂␈↓ ↓H
␈β↓␈↓ ↓H␈¬∂S␈¬α␈↓ ↓H
␈β↓P␈↓ ↓H␈↓ ¬ STANFORD UNIVERSITY␈↓ ↓H
␈¬β␈↓ ¬_STANFORD, CALIFORNIA 94305␈↓ ↓H
␈¬∧␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
CENTER FOR COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTICS␈↓
+ Telephone:␈↓ ↓H
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY␈↓
+(415) 497-4971␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈¬June 20, 1979␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
Edward Feigenbaum␈↓ ↓H
Chairman␈↓ ↓H
Computer Science Department␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
Dear Ed,␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_We␈α
thought␈α
it␈αwould␈αbe␈αgood␈αto␈αput␈αinto␈αwriting␈αthe␈αposition␈αof␈αCCRMA␈α(the␈αmusic␈αgroup)␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Has␈α
it␈α
was␈αstated␈αat␈αour␈αmeeting␈αlast␈αFriday,␈αJune␈α15.␈αIn␈αall␈αour␈αdiscussions␈αthe␈αmain␈αpoint␈αmade␈αby␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hour␈α∂group␈α∂has␈α∂been␈α∂that␈α∂the␈α∞move␈α∞of␈α∞the␈α∞AI␈α∞lab␈α∞to␈α∞Margaret␈α∞Jacks␈α∞Hall␈α∞should␈α∞not␈α∞disrupt␈α∞the␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hongoing␈α⊃projects␈α⊃of␈α⊂our␈α⊂students␈α⊂and␈α⊂staff␈α⊂any␈α⊂more␈α⊂than␈α⊂it␈α⊂disrupts␈α⊂the␈α⊂projects␈α⊂of␈α⊂any␈α⊂other␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hresearch␈α
group.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_Fortunately␈αthe␈αuniversity␈αhas␈αcommitted␈αitself␈αto␈αsupport␈αof␈α
the␈α
Music␈α
Department's␈α
intention␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hto␈αacquire␈αa␈αseparate␈αcomputer␈αfacility.␈αWe␈αare␈αhappy␈αabout␈αthis␈αand␈αare␈αpursuing␈αthe␈αmatter␈αwith␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hall␈α
possible␈α
speed.␈α
However,␈α
as␈α
you␈α
well␈α
know,␈α
three␈α
to␈α
five␈α
months␈α
is␈α
the␈α
minimum␈α
delivery␈αtime␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hfor␈α∞such␈α∞a␈α∞system.␈α∞We␈α∞would␈α∞have␈α∞liked␈α
to␈α
have␈α
spent␈α
as␈α
much␈α
as␈α
a␈α
year␈α
in␈α
assembling␈α
our␈α
own␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hsystem␈α
but␈α
the␈α
difficult␈α
space␈α
situation␈α
in␈α
Jacks␈α
Hall␈α
makes␈α
it␈α
best␈α
for␈α
us␈α
to␈α
rush␈α
this␈α
work.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_Because␈α
of␈αthis,␈αit␈αwould␈αbe␈αhighly␈αadvantageous␈αto␈αthis␈αgroup␈αif␈αthe␈αmoving␈αdate␈αof␈αthe␈αAI␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hlab␈αcould␈α
be␈α
delayed␈α
until␈α
our␈α
own␈α
system␈α
is␈α
operational␈α
at␈α
the␈α
D.C.␈α
Power␈α
building.␈α
Our␈α
target␈α
date␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hfor␈α∞this␈α∞state␈α∞of␈α∞affairs␈α∞is␈α∞October␈α∞15.␈α∞Our␈α∞system␈α∞is␈α∞being␈α∞ordered␈α∞and␈α∞is␈α
scheduled␈α
for␈α
delivery␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HSeptember␈α15.␈αIt␈αis␈αpossible␈αthat␈α
the␈α
system␈α
might␈α
be␈α
working␈α
in␈α
less␈α
than␈α
thirty␈α
days␈α
from␈α
that␈α
time.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HIn␈α
that␈α
case␈α
the␈α
AI␈α
lab␈α
move␈α
could␈α
occur␈α
earlier␈αthan␈αOctober␈α15.␈αIn␈αany␈αcase␈αwe␈αwould␈αnot␈αpush␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hfor␈αdelaying␈αthe␈αmove␈αbeyond␈αthat␈αdate.␈αAs␈αwe␈α
understand␈α
it␈α
there␈α
is␈α
some␈α
question␈α
about␈α
how␈α
soon␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hcertain␈α∞hardware,␈α
required␈α
by␈α
the␈α
move␈α
of␈α
the␈α
AI␈α
lab,␈α
might␈α
be␈α
ready.␈α
We␈α
might␈α
suggest␈α
that␈α
an␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HOctober␈α∪moving␈α∪date␈α∩would␈α∩ensure␈α∩that␈α∩this␈α∩hardware␈α∩could␈α∩be␈α∩built␈α∩and␈α∩fully␈α∩tested␈α∩before␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hinstallation␈α
in␈α
the␈α
new␈α
quarters.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_We␈α⊂fully␈α⊂understand␈α⊂that␈α⊂there␈α⊂are␈α⊂several␈α⊂reasons␈α⊂why␈α⊂you␈α∂want␈α∂the␈α∂AI␈α∂lab␈α∂to␈α∂move␈α∂as␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hquickly␈α
as␈α
possible.␈α
A␈α
primary␈α
reason␈α
appears␈α
to␈α
be␈α
that␈α
an␈α
ARPAnet␈α
IMP␈α
is␈α
needed␈α
so␈α
that␈α
the␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓HSCORE␈αcomputer␈αcan␈αbe␈αinstalled␈αin␈αJacks␈αHall.␈αIt␈αhas␈αbeen␈αsuggested␈αthat␈αit␈αmight␈αbe␈αpossible␈αto␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hborrow␈α
an␈α
IMP␈α
for␈α
a␈α
few␈α
months.␈α
If␈α
this␈α
proves␈α
to␈α
be␈α
true,␈α
SCORE␈α
could␈α
be␈α
moved␈α
quite␈α
soon.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_If␈αcircumstances␈αforce␈αan␈αAugust␈αmoving␈αdate␈αand␈αindeed␈αthe␈αnew␈αAI␈αlab␈αhardware␈αis␈αready␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hby␈αthat␈αtime,␈αthe␈αCCRMA␈αgroup␈αwould␈αexpect␈αto␈αoccupy␈αits␈αoriginally␈αassigned␈αspace␈αin␈αJacks␈αHall␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Huntil␈α
its␈α
new␈α
system␈α
is␈α
operational.␈α
This␈α
space␈α
consists␈α
of␈α
the␈α
three␈α
adjoining␈αrooms,␈αnumbers␈α416,␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H416B,␈α420␈αand␈αthe␈αsound␈αstudio,␈α433.␈αConsidering␈αthe␈αnature␈αof␈αour␈αwork␈αand␈αthe␈αsize␈αof␈α
our␈α
group␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H(15)␈α⊂it␈α⊂is␈α⊂clear␈α⊂that␈α⊂we␈α⊂will␈α⊂be␈α⊂working␈α⊂in␈α⊂conditions␈α⊂at␈α⊂least␈α∂as␈α∂crowded␈α∂as␈α∂those␈α∂of␈α∂any␈α∂other␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hresearch␈α
group.␈α
We␈α
wish␈α
to␈α
assure␈α
you␈α
that␈α
we␈α
consider␈α
this␈α
a␈α
temporary␈α
occupation␈αof␈αspace␈αand␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hthat␈α
we␈α
will␈α
move␈α
out␈α
of␈α
these␈α
rooms␈α
as␈α
soon␈α
as␈α
it␈α
is␈α
possible␈α
to␈α
continue␈α
our␈α
work␈α
with␈αour␈αown␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hsystem.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_It␈αis␈αhard␈αto␈αsee␈αhow␈αthere␈αcould␈αbe␈αobjection␈αto␈αthis␈αposition.␈αWe␈αare␈αnot␈αasking␈αfor␈αany␈αsort␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hof␈α∂preferential␈α∂treatment,␈α∂only␈α∂that␈α∂we␈α∞be␈α∞treated␈α∞no␈α∞worse␈α∞than␈α∞any␈α∞other␈α∞group.␈α∞With␈α∞any␈α∞new␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hbuilding,␈α⊂the␈α⊂details␈α⊂of␈α⊂space␈α⊂use␈α⊂tend␈α⊂to␈α⊂evolve␈α∂a␈α∂good␈α∂deal␈α∂in␈α∂the␈α∂first␈α∂year␈α∂or␈α∂so.␈α∂CCRMA's␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Htemporary␈α
presence␈α
in␈α
these␈α
rooms␈α
could␈α
hardly␈α
upset␈α
the␈α
long-range␈α
plans␈α
for␈α
space␈α
in␈α
Jacks␈α
Hall.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ α_We␈αare␈αreally␈αvery␈αsorry␈αthat␈αthis␈αissue␈αhas␈αcaused␈αfriction␈αto␈αdevelop␈αbetween␈αCCRMA␈αand␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hsome␈α
elements␈α
of␈α
the␈α
Computer␈α
Science␈α
Department.␈α
We␈α
sincerely␈α
believe␈αthat␈αour␈αpast␈αassociation␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hhas␈α∂been␈α∂mutually␈α∂beneficial␈α∂and␈α∂we␈α∞hope␈α∞that␈α∞cooperation␈α∞can␈α∞be␈α∞continued␈α∞until␈α∞and␈α∞after␈α∞the␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓Hseparate␈α
music␈α
system␈α
is␈α
established.␈↓ ↓H
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ εW
Very sincerely,␈↓ εW
␈↓ εW
␈↓ εW
␈↓ εW
␈↓ εW
␈↓ εW
Leland Smith, Loren Rush, John Grey␈↓ εW
␈↓ εW
␈↓ ↓H
cc:John McCarthy, Lester Earnest, Forest Baskett, Ralph Gorin, ␈↓ ↓H
John Chowning, James Rosse, Albert Cohen␈↓ ↓H