␈↓␈↓ ¬
␈↓βSTANFORD UNIVERSITY
␈↓β␈↓ ∧qStanford, California 94305

␈↓␈↓∧ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY ␈↓ 	_Telephone 415-321-2300
␈↓∧COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ␈↓ 
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␈↓∧␈↓α␈↓ ¬wMarch 19, 1974


␈↓αMr. Richard E. Buten
␈↓αProctor & Gamble Company
␈↓αP. O. Box 599
␈↓αCincinnati, Ohio 45201

␈↓αDear Mr. Buten:



␈↓αSorry␈αto␈αhave␈αbeen␈αso␈αslow␈αin␈αresponding␈αto␈αyour␈αnote␈αof␈αFebruary␈α8.␈α I␈αhave␈αbeen␈αbacklogged

␈↓αwith␈α
bureaucratic␈α
duties.



␈↓αWhile␈α
we␈αdo␈α
have␈αa␈α
rather␈αconvenient␈α
interactive␈αdocumentation␈α
system,␈αits␈α
development␈αhas

␈↓αbeen␈α∀incidental␈α∀to␈α∀our␈α∀main␈α∃interest:␈α∀arti≡cial␈α∀intelligence␈α∀research.␈α∀ I␈α∀have␈α∃no␈α∀current

␈↓αdocumentation␈α⊂giving␈α⊃an␈α⊂overview␈α⊂of␈α⊃our␈α⊂text␈α⊂handling␈α⊃facilities,␈α⊂but␈α⊂enclose␈α⊃an␈α⊂internal

␈↓αreport␈αfrom␈αseveral␈αyears␈αago␈αthat␈αoutlines␈αwhat␈αwas␈αthen␈αour␈αplan␈α(Section␈α3).␈α This␈αplan␈αhas

␈↓αbeen␈α
carried␈α
out␈α
pretty␈α
much␈α
as␈α
described␈α
there.



␈↓αIn␈α
particular,␈α
we␈α
now␈α
have:

␈↓α␈↓ ↓xa)␈α
display␈α
terminals␈α
in␈α
everyone's␈α
o≠ce␈α∞with␈α
full␈α
text␈α
and␈α
drawing␈α
service,␈α
as␈α∞well␈α
as

␈↓α␈↓ α_closed␈α⊂circuit␈α∂television␈α⊂capability␈α∂for␈α⊂watching␈α∂and␈α⊂listening␈α∂to␈α⊂special␈α∂seminars

␈↓α␈↓ α_and␈α
programs␈α
from␈α
various␈α
sources,

␈↓α␈↓ ↓xb)␈αinteractive␈α
display␈αeditors␈α
for␈αcreating␈αand␈α
modifying␈αtext␈α
and␈αcertain␈αspecial␈α
kinds

␈↓α␈↓ α_of␈α
drawings,

␈↓α␈↓ ↓xc)␈α∪connection␈α∪to␈α∪the␈α∪ARPA␈α∪network␈α∪of␈α∪forty-some␈α∪computers␈α∪across␈α∀the␈α∪country,

␈↓α␈↓ α_permitting␈α_interactive␈α→and␈α_stored-message␈α→communication␈α_with␈α→individuals␈α_or

␈↓α␈↓ α_common-interest␈α
groups␈α
wherever␈α
they␈α
are,
␈↓β␈↓αMr. Richard E. Buten␈↓ 
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␈↓α␈↓ ↓xd)␈α
an␈α
interactive␈α
spelling␈α
checker␈α
that␈α
"learns"␈α
new␈α
words␈α
as␈α
they␈α
arise,

␈↓α␈↓ ↓xe)␈α∞a␈α∞document␈α∞compiler␈α∞called␈α∞PUB␈α∞that␈α∞handles␈α∞text␈α∞justi≡cation,␈α∞section,␈α∞page,␈α
and

␈↓α␈↓ α_≡gure␈α∂numbering,␈α∂symbolic␈α⊂cross-references,␈α∂and␈α∂automatically␈α∂generates␈α⊂tables␈α∂of

␈↓α␈↓ α_contents␈α
and␈α
indexing,

␈↓α␈↓ ↓xf)␈α∩a␈α∩Xerox␈α∩Graphics␈α∩Printer␈α∩connected␈α∪to␈α∩our␈α∩computer,␈α∩which␈α∩can␈α∩print␈α∪text␈α∩in

␈↓α␈↓ α_arbitrary␈α
combinations␈α
of␈α
fonts␈α
and␈α
various␈α
kinds␈α
of␈α
drawings.



␈↓αThis␈α⊂letter␈α⊂has␈α⊂been␈α⊂produced␈α⊂using␈α⊂the␈α⊂text␈α⊂editor,␈α⊂the␈α⊂document␈α⊂compiler␈α⊂PUB,␈α⊂and␈α∂the

␈↓αXerox␈αGraphics␈αPrinter.␈α (I␈αdidn't␈αuse␈αthe␈αspelling␈αchecker␈αand␈αmay␈αget␈αaway␈αwith␈αit!)␈αIf␈αyou

␈↓αwere␈αon␈αthe␈αARPA␈αnetwork,␈αI␈αcould␈αhave␈αsent␈αit␈αto␈αyour␈αcomputer␈αwithin␈αone␈αsecond,␈αso␈αthat

␈↓αyou␈α
would␈α
automatically␈α
receive␈α
it␈α
the␈α
next␈αtime␈α
you␈α
logged␈α
in.␈α
 The␈α
e≥ective␈α
cost␈α
of␈αdoing

␈↓αthat␈α
would␈α
have␈α
been␈α
substantially␈α
less␈α
than␈α
postage.



␈↓αIf␈αyou␈α
or␈αsome␈α
of␈αyour␈α
people␈αare␈α
out␈αthis␈αway,␈α
you␈αare␈α
welcome␈αto␈α
stop␈αin␈α
and␈αhave␈α
a␈αlook

␈↓αand,␈α
if␈α
you␈α
are␈α
interested,␈α
make␈α
o≥␈α
with␈α
some␈α
more␈α
detailed␈α
documentation.


␈↓αSincerely,



␈↓αLester D. Earnest
␈↓αExecutive O≠cer
␈↓αStanford Arti≡cial Intelligence Laboratory



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