00100									April 17,1974
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00400	Dear Mr. Nelson,
00500	
00600		Thank you for your interest in my computer work.  My music printing
00700	
00800	program will run at present only on our local PDP10 system.  This is the case
00900	
01000	because it is highly CRT display-oriented.  A non-display version will be
01100	
01200	created eventually but since I will be away from Stanford for about six months
01300	
01400	this work is a year away.  At this point I am not at all sure just how I will
01500	
01600	handle distribution of this program.  I feel quite confident that something of
01700	
01800	this sort will become the norm for music publishing so naturally I do not wish
01900	
02000	to lose control of this system.
02100	
02200		I believe that Dexter Morrill said you were also interested in my SCORE
02300	
02400	program for computer sound systems.  I have a version of this which will work
02500	
02600	in conjunction with the standard MUSIC5 and probably most other sound generating
02700	
02800	systems.  My policy concerning SCORE is to export it only if I am invited to
02900	
03000	give three days of seminars on its use and to participate in implementing it
03100	
03200	on the local system.  I have found this to be the best way of handling the
03300	
03400	distribution of this program.
03500	
03600		If you should ever find yourself in this general neighborhood do try
03700	
03800	to come see our facilities.
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04100								Very sincerely,
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04400								Leland Smith
04500								Professor of Music