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␈↓ ↓H␈↓¬␈↓ α≡OFFICE MEMORANDUM  *  STANFORD UNIVERSITY  *  OFFICE MEMORANDUM

␈↓ ↓H␈↓ε␈↓ β=STANFORD LOW OVERHEAD TIME-SHARING SYSTEM

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬uJuly 20, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Gene Franklin

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αFrom:␈↓ αH␈↓John McCarthy, Director

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Gene:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        This␈αis␈αa␈αplea␈αto␈αassign␈αcontiguous␈αspace␈αto␈αLOTS.␈α When␈αLOTS␈αis␈αstarting,␈αthere␈αwill␈αbe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓little␈α
expertise␈α
available,␈α
and␈αit␈α
is␈α
important␈α
that␈αthe␈α
manager,␈α
the␈α
secretary␈αand␈α
the␈α
users␈α
all␈αbe␈α
in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓sight␈αof␈αone␈α
another␈αand␈αthe␈αmachine.␈α
 Success␈αin␈αmaking␈α
do␈αwith␈αa␈αsta≥␈α
of␈αthree␈αmay␈αdepend␈α
on
␈↓ ↓H␈↓this.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        It␈α∂is␈α∂also␈α∂very␈α∞desirable␈α∂for␈α∂LOTS␈α∂to␈α∞have␈α∂some␈α∂o≠ce␈α∂space,␈α∞however␈α∂small,␈α∂as␈α∂soon␈α∞as
␈↓ ↓H␈↓possible.␈α We␈αwill␈αput␈αa␈αterminal␈αin␈αit␈αconnected␈αto␈αthe␈αAI␈αLab,␈αand␈αit␈αwill␈αfacilitate␈αgetting␈αwork
␈↓ ↓H␈↓out of student volunteers in converting Fortran programs from the 370.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy, Director

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Bill Massy, Ed Shaw