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∂07-Dec-80  0908	AK   via DEC-MARLBORO 	Your visit  
We would be most happy to have you visit on Sunday, 14 December.
We have planned to have a tree-decorating party that evening,
to which you are invited.  Dinner is included.  Judie, who is
organist at a local church, will be busy at the church for most
of the afternoon, but will be returning by late afternoon.

The directions to my house from Worcester are:
Take I290 East to I495.  Take I495 North about 9 miles to
Mass. 111.  Take Mass. 111 West to Harvard common (2.5 miles).
Proceed thru blinker light 0.4 miles to a left turn onto
Depot Rd.  The turn is opposite an Exxon station/Chevy dealer.
Follow winding road 1.1 miles, and bear left at skewed intersection
onto Prospect Hill Rd.  Our house is 0.6 miles on left.  The house
is a large, dark brown contemporary.  The name is on the mailbox.

You are welcome to come any time in the afternoon, but let me
know your plans.  My phone numbers are 617-493-8625 or 617-456-8589,
in case you need to call.

∂22-Nov-80  1810	AK   via DEC-2136 	"2nn" files
If these files are of no further value, let me know, and I will
delete them.

∂22-Nov-80  1806	AK   via DEC-2136 	Package in the mail  
Having not logged in for some time, I missed your message of your trip.
In any case, I sent you a package of marked up drafts.  Depending on
your confidence level of their being finally correct, you can produce
double size copies, otherwise leave files for me.

∂27-Oct-80  1150	PAT  	two items
I can't seem to find my copy of your analysis book, can I buy another from
you?  also, does Edith now of a good place to get glass forthe print I
bought??  Thanks, Patte
Subject: PARC FORUM, 30 October.
SEVERO ORNSTEIN & JOHN MAXWELL (Xerox, PARC) will speak on
"MOCKINGBIRD - A MUSICIAN'S AMENUENSIS."

∂20-Oct-80  1849	AK   on TTY161  1849 via DEC-2136  
I received package today.  Very impressive!  I have proofread against
previous corrections, and found a very few minor errors.  Before deciding
which, if any to send back, I shall bring your points in your mail to
Judie's attention.
I guess the ball is firmly in our court now.  Judie plans to finish
proof reading the other madrigals, and send them back, hopefully soon.
In the mean time, I will ask her to ready the first madrigal in Book 3
for input.

∂09-Oct-80  1916	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Madrigal 23 
You are correct on both counts.  The break goes after the "o" in "Gioisce".
The last note in the alto part is F4.  I will copy the files as they are
now, and those corrections (if you haven't aready made them) can be put
in after proof reading.  Thanks.

∂07-Oct-80  0000	JLS   via SU-TIP 	max    
Would it be possible to make a tape (cassette, preferably) of some of
the pieces  you had in your lecture, or of any others?
I would very much like to have some.  Else, can you point me out commercial
recordsthat contain interesting works?  
Thanks in advance.
Max Diaz

∂23-Sep-80  1005	AK   via DEC-MARLBORO 	MS's problem with non-graphic terminals
Since the disk purger is breathing down my back, and my
private copy of MS with the patch to keep it from crashing
while running to my ARPAnet terminal takes up more than
half my total disk area, could I prevail on you to either
put a test in the program for terminal type, or make a patched
copy on some other area with adquate quota?
 
∂22-Sep-80  1836	AK   via DEC-2136 	State of the world
I have picked up and printed madrigals 220 and 221.  I have also
just sent you madrigal 222.  According to my records, I am still
waiting for numbers 213 and 218, for which source files are on this machine.
 
You should have received in the mail corrected copies of 203, 204,
205 and 206, as well as the manuscript of 223.
 
I will be working on 223 soon.  223 marks the end of "Book 2".
"Book 3" has 17 madrigals.
 
I have been hesitant to bring up the subject of your tiring of this
work, and/or finding a replacement for yourself, since you are doing
such excellent work.  You also have not made any comments on compensation.
I do not expect you to be doing this for free, so let me know when
you would like some money.
 
∂08-Sep-80  1955	AK   via DEC-MARLBORO 	more madrigals
213 "Hor che la primavera" is on this machine, checked out and ready to go.
 
I have also sent by US mail, the manuscripts of 213, 218, 220,221, and 222.
(There is no 219).
 
∂06-Sep-80  2005	HYS  	accounts
Having finally finished the business of house-hunting, I've logged on here
for the first time since 23 Aug, and found a message about the business of
being charged for our use of SAIL.  I imagine that both you and me fall
under the category of "real" users.  Also, I see that my disk allotment
has been reduced from 150K to 120K.  I would like a bit of clarification
as to what's going on.  As I probably will be logging on here at rather
irregular intervals this month, you also may want to call me (856-9570)
or leave a message at the Knoll.
 
At this point, I have located a new 2-bedroom house for myself; I felt
that it would be easier to get a house which could take my instruments
than an apartment building.  However, I will need a roommate.  The house
should be ready to occupy on this 15th, and it is located not far from the
California Ave. rail station.  Rent should be $325 per person w/o utilities;
phone service will need to be hooked up.  Let me know if you hear of anyone
who would be interested.  I will probably keep a presence at my present
house until the end of my rental period on the 20th; besides the phone
problem, I will need to get alot of basic furnishings.
 
New address will be 210 Chestnut Ave/ PA 94306.
 
∂02-Sep-80  1816	JLS  	lecture
I transferred the translated lecture to file lect.esp in your area.  It includes
instructions on how to print it; should you need to print that (or something
similar) in the future.
Max
 
∂30-Aug-80  1903	JLS  	lecture
I finished it.  If you wish to have more copies (or additions or corrections),
see file leland.tex[m,jls]. There are instructions there.
Have a pleasant stay in Mexico.
If you need anything, my home phone is EARTH-83.
Max
 
∂30-Aug-80  0312	JLS  	lecture
iI have put fresh copies of your lecture under letter S mailbox.  See you today.
Max
 
∂29-Aug-80  1737	100  : max	lecture
ok, I'll come saturday between 1 and 3...see you then
 
∂29-Aug-80  1711	DES
Leland,
 
I'll be leaving this Sunday to start (assistant) professing at Columbia,
and wanted to let you know my new address and phone data:
 
HOME:	  560 Riverside Drive, Apt. 11-B
	  New York, New York  10027
	  (212) 222-1442 (tentative; to be installed Tuesday, 9/2/80)
 
SCHOOL:	  Department of Computer Science
	  Seeley W. Mudd Building
	  Columbia University
	  New York, New York  10027
	  (212) 280-2736 (general departmental number;  no office number yet)
 
ARPANET:  DES@SU-AI (at least until further notice)
 
Be sure to let me know when you're next in New York; I'd like to stay in
touch.
 
Regards,
 
David
 
∂29-Aug-80  0121	JLS
 ∂28-Aug-80  1300	LCS  	LECTURE
I RECEIVED THE DRAFT OF MY LECTURE IN SPANISH.  I COULD COME IN ON FRIDAY
OR SATURDAY TO SEE MAX DIAZ.  I WILL CHECK MY MAIL TONIGHT FOR INFORMATION.
(OR HE COULD PHONE ME, 493-9386, BETWEEN 20:00 AND 22:00.)
*******
Saturday afternoon (anytime) would be fine with me; I'm almost done but there
are some musical terms I would like to ask you about.  Please send me a message.
Max
 
∂28-Aug-80  0355	100  : max	lecture
Please look it up in the lettsr "S" in Jacks's lobby...
∂28-Aug-80  0349	JLS  	lecture
I'm translating your lecture into spanish, and I left you copy of the very first
draft in your mailbox.   File is leland.tex[m,jls].
I hope to finish it in two or three days.  Max Diaz
∂28-Aug-80  0145	JLS  	Translation
To:   LCS
CC:   "#TEX.MSG[M,JLS]"
Leland, a friend of mine is working on translating your conference, he
should finish today..  I will ask him to mail the thing to you as
soon as he finishes and to see you to talk it over... juan
 
∂25-Aug-80  1924	AK   via DEC-2136 	Picked up files
I now have either printed copies, or .PLT files for all the madrigals.
I printed 18 pages at Marlboro tonite successfully.
Have a good trip, and I hope to have corrected copies back to you,
along with some new inputs when you return.
∂24-Aug-80  1838	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Status of various madrigals
Having checked with Judie, I find that we have never received
draft copies of madrigals 207 (Ahi tu m'hai ferito),
209 (Ridea la Ninfa), and 210 (Pietoso duol).  If these
have been done, please leave copies of output files in my area.
Also, we have only returned marked up copies of 203 (Tra le doleczze)
and 204 (E mentr'il duol); for which I have the final draft files.
∂23-Aug-80  1709	AK   via DEC-2136 	new madrigal
madrigal 216 is in my area and makes it thru ms successfully.
I have copied all the plot files to Marlboro, and deleted
the nAAAA.n files from my area, since Martin Frost says you
have other copies.  I notice my area has a set of files named
VAAAA.MAD.  Do you know what these are?
AUG.23-80 ;; Message from AK   on TTY161  1554 via DEC-2136
I am succeeding in making and copying the .PLT files (at long last).
Do you have copies of the nAAAA.n files, so I can delete them from
my area when I have successfully copied them?
Also, I have file 216 in my area, which at this monent I have not
yet checked for being able to make it thru MS successfully.
Since the 3 and 4 madrigals are finals, where do you recommend I
do the scaling to get them double the desired size?
 
∂22-Aug-80  2223	MMM  	MUSIC5
There are now 3675 tracks on MUSIC5 (about 7000k) and as soon as
I verify the restore-ability of the tapes I made tonight, I'll free
up around 3000k more. I would like to (eventually) have a bit of space
on this pack myself for manuscript projects which are now stored on
other packs destined for CCRMA.
	I am leaving only the final version of NEKYIA.SAD. I don't think
we should delete this until the copy at CCRMA has been verified. So far,
read-data has been too flaky to do that. Other than this file, there
remains only the files of JOS, TVR, you and myself (very small). We can
probably scarf JOS's space when he comes back from San Diego.
		- Mike
 
∂18-Aug-80  2042	Alan Kotok <G.KOTOK at SU-SCORE> 	more music
Date: 18 Aug 1980 2041-PDT
From: Alan Kotok <G.KOTOK at SU-SCORE>
To: lcs at SAIL
Subject: more music
 
I have been unable to get 216 from Maynard to SAIL.  Therefore I
have typed in 217 "Voi sete bella" to SCORE, and shipped it to SAIL.
It seems to cause MS to hang in files 21707, 21708 and 21710, after
4, 7 and 3 text input lines.  I can't explain that.
 
How are you coming?  Do you have draft score of 217?
Did you get my previous message regarding status and ability to
print on east coast?
   --------
 
∂17-Aug-80  1558	LYN
LCS -
   Asked HPM about his Mars hack and got the following reply.
   Thought you might be interested. (I'm sure he'd be more than happy to
give a detailed account if I asked...)		Lynne
 
	The original of the viking panaroma (direct from Mars) had
eight bit samples, giving 2↑8 = 256 gray levels. It didn't use them
very effectively, however, and the picture looked very dark overall.
I stretched the contrast till it looked good, and found that only
about half the brightness range was really used. Actually, contrast
is such a problem with the varian that it looked best when stretched
somewhat beyond that; in the panorama some of the brightest areas are
consequently washed out, and some of the darkest are blacked out. But
the stuff of intermediate shade looks good. I'd say the final picture
has about 6.5 bits/sample giving 2↑6.5 = 90.5 gray levels. These are
encoded into the binary halftone in a clever way which does not
create individual 10 by 10 cells, but decides to make each point
on the paper black or white depending on the accumulated gray
average error of all the points painted so far.   Uh I'm sure
you've heard enough ...
 
∂15-Aug-80  1139	PAT  	phoe call
John Bruno, UCSB, 805-961-4236 or 4321.
 
 
∂14-Aug-80  1955	AK   via DEC-2136 	Who's got what music
I have decided to try and keep better track of what stage each
madrigal is in.  My disk area has my input for the following pieces:
203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,212,214, and 215.  We have sent the
pencil music for all the above, plus (maybe) 216.  We have seen draft
copies of the output for 203,204,205,206 and 208.  Notice that 207
seems to have been lost in the shuffle.  Since Judie is out of town
this week, I'm not exactly sure which drafts have been returned to
you with corrections.
 
Could you confirm this data, and send me any corrections to it?
 
Also, I have checked out Helliwell's print program, and it now seems
to work correctly, so you could point me to any files of output
I don't already have, and I can try to snarf them up over the network.
 
I have input 216, and will get it to you tomorrow, hopefully.
 
∂13-Aug-80  0839	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Draft copies of madrigals
You should either have or be receiving imminently several missing
madrigals.  I can't send you all of them since Judie is editing them
just before I type them in.
 
Helliwell has successfully read and printed your output files.  I
will be seeing him tonite.  You can leave me a note telling me
which files I should print.  For the final copies, the double size
thick line ones look great.  The present size is fine for check copies.
 
∂11-Aug-80  1945	AK   via MIT-TIP 	disk space
The disk purger is threatening to purge my files, since I am over
quota.  Could you please see if you can make any sense of all the
files in my area, and purge out the unnecessary ones?
 
A lot of space is taken up by "REMMS" which is my patched version
of "MS", which I use to check my input.
If you had a version which worked successfully from a remote terminal,
I wouldn't need that file.
 
∂07-Aug-80  2039	AK   via SU-SCORE 	New madrigals
In my area you can find files 212, 214 and 215, which should be
clean except for a couple of 2 syllable text lines, which the program
doesn't like.  Is there any circumlocution to make that work?
 
Copies of the draft input will be in the mail tomorrow.
 
∂07-Aug-80  1659	AK   via MIT-TIP 	madrigals 1, 2 and 3
The numbers are page numbers, and are not dense.  There are
no madrigals numbered 201 and 202.  203 is "Tra Le Dolcezze"
and is on the computer. Rick did it.  Did he leave you
with the file names of the work he did?  If not, ask me.
 
∂07-Aug-80  1623	AK   via MIT-TIP 	disk purge
In view of the tightness of disk space, could you please purge
my area of any irrelevant music files?
 
∂07-Aug-80  1415	AK   via DEC-2136 	Received your package'
Your package came in the mail today.  It looks good.  I will discuss
it with Judie tonight.  I have moved 3 more madrigals to your machine,
but I want to make sure they run thru the program smoothly before
you try them.  I am also sending you a package of the originals,
and the corrected copies of the previous work done by Rick.
 
∂06-Aug-80  1944	HYS
IN 0 0 0 1
0 200 1
M/TR/K1F/T3 4/C5//M/D/C/F/M/E/MD;
8./16/4///2;
1 FF/1 6 A;
2B;
;
 
∂06-Aug-80  1814	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Birthday
Your computer says it's your birthday.  Have a happy!
 
∂04-Aug-80  0212	REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas)
Date:  4 AUG 1980 0515-EDT
From: REM at MIT-MC (Robert Elton Maas)
To: DCC at MIT-MC
CC: REM at MIT-MC, FFM at MIT-MC, TVR at SU-AI, LCS at SU-AI
 
Well, I have a new computer, Altair 8800A w/32k bytes RAM.
It has money-back guarantee until Sept. 01 in case I find anything
horribly broken, but so far it works fine.  I've already removed the jumpers
that select current-loop TTY and changed them to RS-232, so It now has
two rs-232 ports both 2400 baud.  I tested them against my Beehive and they
seem to work so far.  As soon as I have another RS-232 cable with connectors,
I plan to connect the Altair between my Beehive and my 6502 and write a
simple transparant-text loop so I can test it in full DM2SIM thruput in
both directions (keyboard one way, DM2SIM screen-refresh the other way)
to verify it continues to work fine in 24-hour operation.
Planned for the near future, one full-modem board and one dual 5" disc.
Projected for distant future, large storage medium (200 megabits) such
as magtape or 2-sided 2-density 8" disc or videodisk or whatever.
 
 
∂03-Aug-80  1028	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Your help
Thank you for picking up the ball.  While I'm not sure we
can afford the services of someone of your stature, I imagine
we can work out some satisfactory arrangement.  Since you
can judge the amount of work necessary considering the quality
of my input, why don't you suggest a fair remuneration.
 
I imagine Rick explained the "SPREAD" program.  If not, ask me.
 
I am proceeding with inputting more madrigals into my local
system.  When you get near running out of work, I will have them
on your machine.  It's somewhat slow editing over the ARPAnet.
 
We ought to come up with some plan to purge the disk space as
things get finalized.  Judie will make final corrections to
"Tra Le Dolcezze" and "E Mentr'il Duol", and send them back to
you, along with the first markup of "Langue L'anima Mia".
If you do what you suggest to adjust the spacing of the final
copies, that would be fine.  I still don't know whether you
plan to plot them at 2X scale.  I will work on the remote
plotting problem, but for the time being, we ought to figure
on it being done at your end.
Thanks again for keeping us going.
 
 
∂02-Aug-80  0837	AK   via MIT-TIP 	What's up?
Despite the apparent departure of Rick Taube, some mysterious
person is still working on the madrigals, for which we are
grateful.  Can you shed some light on this?
 
Have you found anyone to permanently replace Rick?
 
Have you contemplated my problem with the various kinds of
"dashes" in the text?
 
We have received Rick's corrections on the first 2 madrigals,
and the first pass of the third one.  By and large they look
good.  He was unable to find the "old music package" so as
to make the "introductory staves" use old-style notes.
 
Another bit of advice you might offer to whoever is going
to be doing the actual production is how to adjust the format
to best fit the requirements that the printed portion of the
final output must fit within 6 X 9 inches.  (these allow for
appropriate margins on an 8.5 X 11 inch page.)  You also
earlier suggested plotting at double scale and then
reducing.
 
I am contemplating asking Dick Helliwell to look at the
output file format to see if we can transfer it over the
net, and plot it here.  Which of the myriad files is the
plotter output (or the specification of the plotter output)?
Hope to hear from you soon.  Thanks.Alan
 
∂24-Jul-80  2022	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Replacement for Rick Taube
I gather Rick has discussed with you the fact that he is departing.
He will be leaving Monday.  He indicated that you had some other
people in mind who might be interested in completing this job for us.
 
Needless to say, we are greatly in need of a west coast agent.
Rick and I agreed to $10 per hour, which I am willing to pay a
replacement.  As things got smoother, Rick indicated that it
was taking him 1.5 hours to push thru one madrigal.
 
Another problem with the remote file input which Rick has
discovered concerns the "dashes" between text.  There seem
to be 3 cases of interest:
1) Syllables of the same word on consecutive notes, where one
   hyphen is desired.  I believe the "!!" does that.
 
2) The end of a word is carried over several notes, where a
   solid line runs the full length.  I believe the "??" does that.
 
3) Syllables of the same word, where several notes intervene;
   the normal usage seems to be a series of hyphens.  I do not
   know any way to indicate that in my input.
Any ideas?
 
If you have a hot candidate for the job, have him call collect
at 617-493-8625 (home) or 617-493-7381 (office), or leave me
mail here.
 
 
∂05-Jul-80  1938	AK   via DEC-2136 	More music questions
I have some staves with more than 72 characters of text input.
I tried to simply put in a <CR> after a "/", but the results
indicate that is a loser.  What do you suggest?  (See file
20902 for an example.)
 
Also, do I assume correctly that the effect of "2B" in the
"beam" section will beam together an 8th note followed by
2 sixteenth notes, assuming they must together constitute
an even quarter note?  In general, does "2B" beam together
all lesser notes that constitute even quarter notes?
 
∂30-Jun-80  0210	JOS  	UDP to tape
To:   music
It is possible to FTP directly from UDP. See addition to TRANS.FER[DOC,MUS]
for details. Also it is mentioned how to prevent having to type control-Q at S

∂28-Jun-80  1549	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Problems Rick has had.
Rick called me up and mentioned a few problems he ran into, which he
may or may not have asked you about.  First, he claimed some problem
with the music program reading files with names ending in the digit 0.
Secondly, on your advice, I eliminated the clefs from pages after the
first.  I am not sure Rick understands how you saved that information
and later recalled it for each page.

In the text, there are places where the end of one word and the beginning
of the next come one the same note.  Judie has indicated these with a
symbol which looks like a parenthesis lying on its side.  Are you familiar
with this, and is there some way to indicate that in the text?

∂23-Jan-80  1526	SLH at MIT-AI (Stephen L. Hain)
Date: 23 JAN 1980 1827-EST
From: SLH at MIT-AI (Stephen L. Hain)
To: LCS at SU-AI (To Clem Smith:)
I heard that you have a 6502 emulator. I would like to know if it would be
possible for me to use it on MIT-AI for a version of LOGO I have written
for the APPLE ][ home computer. Thanks.		- Stephen L. Hain (SLH@MIT-AI)
 
Begin forwarded message
Mail from SUMEX-AIM rcvd at 7-Feb-80 1017-PST
Mail from MIT-MC rcvd at 7-Feb-80 1013-PST
Date: 7 FEB 1980 1315-EST
From: STOUTE at MIT-MC (David Stoutemyer)
To: engelmore at SUMEX-AIM
 
Hi Bob,
 
A colleague of mine here is interested in Having Musical scores printed
 using computer formatting -- sort of TEX for music.  I recall reading
about something like that done at Stanford.  Do you know who to contact
and/oor a reference? Thanks for any help you can give -- Dave Stoutemyer
          --------------------End forwarded message
		
 
∂23-Mar-80  1230	100  : REM via SU-TIP 	Split-baud
I have a borrowed split-baud modem from IMSSS and am currently using
our 6502 with the Datamedia 2500 emulator.  Works great!  I had to
modify the software to initialize the modem UART/ACIA in split baud
mode, otherwise no changes were needed.  <<this message for clem>>
 
∂16-Apr-80  1724	DGL  	ARpλPA
To:   MRC at SU-AI, GFF at SU-AI, "@MUSIC.DIS[DOC,MUS]" at SU-AI
I am attempting to gain access to the
ARPA net so as to be able to continue
to read my mail at SAIL and to do file
copying.  Unfortunately, as you know,
the music project never had ArλRPA access
(although in the past it was just part
of the noise), so I have no basis to
ask for TIP phone numbers.
Nevertheless, I am askinkλg, if there
isn't some way of overcomming this.
I know λλλλλλλdλDo you have any method of access?
Could I become a part of some project
that didλλλλ you know of that did?
For instance, is anyone eiλλinterested in
free consulting on something I may
know?  If you have any ideas, please
let me know.
 
    Gareth
 
∂27-Apr-80  2032	Alan Kotok <KOTOK at DEC-2136> 	Music Typography Program
Date: 27 Apr 1980 2122-EDT
From: Alan Kotok <KOTOK at DEC-2136>
To: lcs at SAIL
Subject: Music Typography Program
 
Ralph Gorin suggested that you have a program which produces printed
music notation.  My wife is doing a thesis which involves transcribing
numerous madrigals from part books to scores.  If you have anything
which might be of help, I would appreciate hearing from you.
 
If the program, (if it exists) takes input from alphanumeric terminals,
I could input the data from home.  It probably would not be of much use
to me if it required some Stanford-only terminal.
Thank you for your help. Alan
   --------
 
∂06-May-80  0844	Alan Kotok <KOTOK at DEC-2136> 	Music Typography Program
Date: 5 May 1980 2101-EDT
From: Alan Kotok <KOTOK at DEC-2136>
To: lcs at SAIL
Subject: Music Typography Program
 
Thanks much for your long and helpful reply.  I have copied and printed
MS.LCS.  As expected, much is obscure in that document, but I suspect
I can get a long way with the simple directions included in your
message.
Dick Helliwell has offered to help me cause the output to be printed
on our Versatec Plotter, which is similar to an XGP, but it prints
on special paper.  He wonders what your output file format looks like.
If you can give me a pointer to the program which writes the output,
or some other clue as to what the output file looks like, I can pass
that info to him.
 
In the mean time, I would appreciate your mailing me the output from
the Gibbons example you did. Also, any other output with the corresponding
input would be helpful.
 
The scope of this project is 2 books of, I believe, 24 madrigals by one
Scipione Lacorcia.  Since they are all similar in format, I expect that
if I can get your help getting one correct, I can do the rest with minimal
help from your end.  If necessary, I can probably make it out there some
time to fine tune the output.  I hope to be able to use the local plotter
to see how I am coming.
 
Judie (my wife) and I certainly appreciate the interest you have taken,
and I hope not to take too much of your time.
 
My mailing address is:	Alan Kotok
			Digital Equipment Corp.
			ML3-5/H33
			146 Main St.
			Maynard, MA 01754
phone (617) 493-7381
 
∂23-May-80  2030	EJG  	Ancient Fortran (F40) question
Hi.  I seem to remember you asking me about a million years ago if there
was any way to control both the filename and extension of an F40 data
file.  Well, in case you never found it (and have just been using call
ifile and call ofile), I accidentally stumbled across a way to do it.  It
uses the "define" subroutine, which appears to be intended for use with
fortran random access files, but seems to work OK also on just normal
ASCII files.  In the example below, parameters are:
 
1:		fortran logical unit number.
0:		random access buffer size (I just guessed 0 would work).
iiiii:		random access "associated variable"; for safety, use
		 an unused integer variable name here.
'NAMEXXEXT ':	file name and extension, 10 characters.
 
I found this when looking for a way to tell F40 to use (e.g.) device
DSK for logical unit number 3, instead of device LPT.  (Other than
the kluge of using the monitor command "ASSIGN DSK 3".)  Do you by
any chance know how to do this?
 
 
---example---
	call define(1,0,iiiii,'NAMEZZEXT ')
	write(1,1)
1	format('  hoo hah')
	call exit
	end
 
∂27-May-80  1832	AK   on TTY162  1832 via MIT-TIP
I will likely be out your way between June 6 and June 9.  I would very
much like to talk to you, preferably on the weekend.  Please let
me know whether this would be feasible, or if not, the name of
somebody I could talk to about the music typography program when I
am there.  I would like to set a madrigal, so I can gain experience.
 
Also, if there is a student who would like to be my California agent,
for money, let me know that, too.
 
Please send answer to KOTOK@@DEC-2136
 
∂16-Jun-80  1747	G.KOTOK at SU-SCORE 	Revised Madrigal
Date: 16 Jun 1980 1743-PDT
From: G.KOTOK at SU-SCORE
Subject: Revised Madrigal
To: lcs at SU-AI
cc: g.kotok at SU-SCORE
 
I have done a number of cleanups on the files I had last weekend.
I have:
1) Put in numerous "??" items. (see comment later, herein)
2) Removed clefs at beginning of lines (except first line)
3) Removed extraneous slashes at end of input lines.
4) Merged all the files into one called "203[1,ak]".  My
	scheme of naming is a one digit book number "2",
	a 2 digit madrigal number "03", and a 2 digit page
	number, to be generated when expanding the file into
	20 odd small files.  The "pages" are separated by ↑L.
 
Could you please look this file over, and make any more labor
saving or other suggestions?  Since I have a total of 36 madrigals
to do, the less input, the better.  Actually, I am willing to
do more input from this end to save Rick Taube work at your end.
 
Speaking of Rick, I have been negligent about contacting him.
Let him know I will try and reach him soon.  Do you have some
idea of how much I ought to pay him for his services?  Is he
a graduate student?  What is the range of going rates?
 
Since most of the "??"s are intersyllable hyphens only used
to group the syllables of one word, Judie would be happy with
just a "-" between the notes.  Since the ?? puts in a long
dash, it will need considerable on-line editing to shrink them
down.  Might you consider another feature, say "!!" which puts
in a "-" centered between the notes?  If so, much labor could
be saved. Thank you again for your time.
 
∂16-Jun-80  1847	AK   via MIT-TIP 	More musical items
(This message should be read following one of an hour or so ago
postmarked from SCORE.)
 
I have talked with Rick, and hopefully he will get together with
you.  Messages can be left for me here.
 
A few other items have come up after further discussions with Judie:
1) It would be nice to have a title in larger print at the top of
the first page.  While page numbers would be nice, I suspect they
will be impossible to have computer generated, since we won't know
what page number each madrigal will start on.
 
2) The final size of the output must be completely contained in 6 X 9
inches, to meet thesis format rules.  The stuff you printed was
6 X 10, so a 10% shrink will at least be necessary.  Some books
I have seen put only 2 groups of staves on the first page to allow
room for the title.  Better to do this than shrink everything to
allow space for the title which only appears on page 1.
 
3) We would like measure numbers every 10 measures.  If you can tell me
how to do it, I can supply them in the input.
 
4) There are a few editorial footnotes scattered
about the score.  These numbers need also be put in.  I suspect
they are easier for Rick to put in later.
We'll get this down to a science, yet!
 
∂19-Jun-80  1829	AK   via SU-SCORE 	Music Data Ready
There are now 20 files named 20301 thru 20320 in my area
ready for Rick Taube to try to push thru.  Bob Kusik, a cohort
of mine will be at Stanford all next week, and if some results
appear, he can cart them back to me.
Thanks.
 
∂24-Jun-80  1201	AK   via MIT-TIP 	Music Questions
Judie and I have a few technical questions.  When would
be convenient to reach you by phone, and at what
number(s)?
 
∂25-Jun-80  1804	AK   via MIT-TIP 	separate bar lines
In case you didn't see my "send" message, could you clarify
how I cause the bar lines at the end of measures to only appear
in the staves, and not between them.  I couldn't quite understand
the second hand explanation from Judie, last night.
 
I presume I ahve to separately put "M"s in each input staff.
Is there anything else necessary?
(or for that matter, is there a simpler way?)