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␈↓␈↓↓␈↓␈↓ ↓+Minutes of the computer resources committee meeting of 14 December 1973
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1. Present: Feigenbaum, Feldman, McCarthy, Sue (Goren visiting)
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␈↓ α_Absent: Cerf, (Floyd, ex-officio)
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2. The Chairman reported as follows:
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␈↓ α_1.1.␈α⊂The␈α⊂Subcommittee␈α⊂on␈α⊂Research␈α⊂and␈α⊂Instruction␈α⊂of␈α⊂the␈α⊂University␈α⊂Computer␈α⊂Facilities
␈↓ ↓Hcommittee␈α∪has␈α∪voted␈α∪that␈α∪getting␈α∪interactive␈α∪facilities␈α∪should␈α∪have␈α∪high␈α∪priority␈α∩in␈α∩Stanford's
␈↓ ↓Hcomputer␈αplans.␈αThe␈αresolution␈αreferred␈αto␈αa␈αproposal␈α
by␈α
a␈α
subsubcommittee␈α
that␈α
Stanford␈α
acquire␈α
a
␈↓ ↓HPDP-10␈α∞system␈α∞for␈α
campus␈α
interactive␈α
computing.␈α
This␈α
proposal␈α
is␈α
currently␈α
being␈α
compared␈α
with
␈↓ ↓Hother␈α
alternatives␈α
by␈α
another␈α
subsubcommittee.

␈↓ α_1.2.␈αHumanities␈αand␈αSciences␈αis␈αcurrently␈αconsidering␈αfunding␈αthe␈αCSD␈αdisplay␈αsystem,␈αand␈αit
␈↓ ↓His␈αnow␈αgoing␈αthrough␈αthe␈αbudget␈αcycle␈αwith␈αaction␈αexpected␈αin␈αJanuary.␈αIt␈αlooks␈αgood␈αfor␈αfavorable
␈↓ ↓Haction,␈αand␈αif␈αwe␈αget␈αit,␈αwe␈αstill␈αhope␈αto␈αhave␈αthe␈αsystem␈αoperating␈αin␈αSeptember␈α1974.␈αOnce␈αwe␈αget
␈↓ ↓Hthe␈α
money,␈α
there␈α
will␈α
be␈α
a␈α
technical␈α
review␈α
to␈α
determine␈α
if␈α
we␈α
are␈α
still␈α
going␈α
in␈α
the␈α
right␈α
direction.

␈↓ α_1.3.␈αThe␈αexperience␈αof␈αusing␈αthe␈αIMSS␈αcomputer␈αfor␈αthe␈αCS206␈αwas␈αhighly␈αfavorable␈αfor␈αthe
␈↓ ↓Hinstructor,␈α
the␈α
students,␈α
and␈α
for␈α
IMSS.

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3. The following actions were taken:
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␈↓ α_3.1.␈α
The␈α
committee␈α
recommends␈α
that␈α
the␈α
department␈α
try␈αto␈αget␈αblanket␈αpermission␈αto␈αconvert
␈↓ ↓HProvost's␈α
funds␈α
for␈α
use␈α
on␈α
the␈α
IMSS␈α
computer.

␈↓ α_3.2.␈αThe␈αcommittee␈αrecommends␈αthat␈α
Provost's␈α
funds␈α
in␈α
general␈α
be␈α
spendable␈α
on␈α
any␈α
computer
␈↓ ↓Hfacilities␈α
and␈α
not␈α
just␈α
on␈α
SCIP␈α
facilities.

␈↓ α_3.3.␈α∞The␈α∞committee␈α∞recommends␈α∞that␈α∞SCIP␈α∞be␈α
requested␈α
to␈α
unbundle␈α
user␈α
services␈α
from␈α
the
␈↓ ↓Hcomputer␈α
rates.

␈↓ α_3.4.␈αThe␈αcommittee␈αsupports␈αthe␈αrecommendation␈α
that␈α
interactive␈α
computing␈α
of␈α
high␈α
quality␈α
at
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cost␈α
low␈α
enough␈α
for␈α
use␈α
in␈α
courses␈α
be␈α
Stanford's␈α
main␈α
computing␈α
goal.

␈↓ α_3.5.␈α
The␈α
committee␈α
further␈α
favors␈α
the␈α
proposal␈α
that␈α
Stanford␈α
acquire␈α
a␈α
PDP-10.

␈↓ α_3.6.␈α∪Until␈α∪Stanford␈α∪as␈α∪a␈α∪whole␈α∪solves␈α∪the␈α∪interactive␈α∪computing␈α∪problem,␈α∪the␈α∩committee
␈↓ ↓Hrecommends␈α∞that␈α∞the␈α
department␈α
try␈α
to␈α
negotiate␈α
an␈α
arrangement␈α
to␈α
make␈α
major␈α
use␈α
of␈α
the␈α
IMSS
␈↓ ↓Hcomputer.