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\F1\CJanuary 5, 1980



Seattle Computer Products, Inc.
1114 Industry Drive
Seattle WA. 98188


Dear People:

\JMy company, The LISP Company, has just completed an elegant LISP for 
Cromemco on their
Z-80; enclosed is a short description of our current offering.

We are currently investigating several sixteen-bit processors as hosts
for the next implementation; one obvious choice is the Intel 8086.
Since your company is currently producing S-100 hardware for that chip,
it seems appropriate to approach you about developing  an 8086-LISP.

One necessary ingredient for a successful follow-on to the  Z-80 LISP
is an improved display interface, much like that  used by Xerox PARC 
for their Smalltalk systems. A suggestion that might be mutually attractive
is to pursue a joint venture wherein The LISP Company supply an enhanced
version of the Z-80 LISP, including the human interface, and Seattle Computer
Products integrates that software into an inexpensive personal LISP machine.

LISP is the basis of many interesting applications for both personal
computing and business. What is currently needed is an inexpensive
hardware/software system that can begin to  exploit these results.
Are you interested in cooperating in such a development?
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Yours sincerely,


John R. Allen
Founder, The LISP Company
18215 Bayview Dr.
Los Gatos Ca, 95030
(408) 353-3857

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