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sn#014361 filedate 1972-11-26 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
00100 NOTES FOR DISCUSSION WITH ARPA.
00200
00300 1. IF WE MUST, WE'LL CUT MT, SPEECH AND FOONLY.
00400
00500 2. I WOULD LIKE TO GET US INTO THE SYSTEMS AND
00600 NETWORK GAME. I THINK WE HAVE DONE VERY GOOD
00700 SYSTEMS WORK FOR OURSELVES, AND SOME OF OUR PRODUCT
00800 SUCH AS FAIL, SAIL, LISP IMPROVEMENTS, REDUCE,
00900 SOS, AND THE DRAWING PROGRAMS ARE IN WIDE USE ELSEWHERE,
01000 BUT WE HAVE NEVER ADVERTISED OR SERVICED OUR PROGRAMS.
01100
01200 3. SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO DO NETWORK USABLE GOODIES
01300 PUTTING IN THE NECESSARY EFFORT TO MAKE THEM USABLE. THIS
01400 INCLUDES DOCUMENTATION, PUBLICATION, AND SOME
01500 HAND HOLDING.
01600
01700 4. NETWORK WORK. WE WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE IF CROCKER'S GOAL
01800 OF PUTTING THE DISPLAY SYSTEM DIRECTLY ON THE NET
01900 WILL WORK AT THE COST OF ABOUT 100K IN PUTTING IN THE
02000 CSD TERMINAL SYSTEM. WE WOULD ALSO
02100 LIKE TO DEVELOP AND TEST IN OUR SYSTEM A TRANSPARENT
02200 TALKER SO THAT ONE IS USING THE OTHER SYSTEM DIRECTLY
02300 RATHER THAN HAVING ALWAYS TO GET AROUND THE
02400 CHARACTERS THAT HAVE SYSTEM SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR OWN
02500 MACHINE. IN PARTICULAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
02600 YALE TYPE DISPLAYS DIRECTLY USABLE OVER THE NETWORK.
02700
02800 5. WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP FURTHER FACILITIES FOR MAKING
02900 DOCUMENTS USABLE IN THE NETWORK. I CONSIDER THE NIC
03000 UNSUCCESSFUL FOR THAT PURPOSE BECAUSE IT IS TOO
03100 DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN SKILL AND BECAUSE
03200 NOT EVERYONE THINKS IN ENGELBART'S HIERARCHICAL WAY.