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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬WDecember 2, 1976




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Tony Siegman

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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓Relationship Between LOTS and Sponsored Research Projects

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Thanks␈αfor␈αyour␈αthoughtful␈αmemo␈αof␈α23␈αNovember.␈α I␈αagree␈αwith␈αmost␈αof␈αthe␈αconcerns␈αyou␈αhave
␈↓ ↓H␈↓listed␈α⊃and␈α⊃since␈α∩yours␈α⊃is,␈α⊃so␈α⊃far,␈α∩the␈α⊃only␈α⊃written␈α∩comment␈α⊃on␈α⊃the␈α⊃subject,␈α∩it␈α⊃is␈α⊃likely␈α∩to␈α⊃be
␈↓ ↓H␈↓instrumental.  If you do not object, I will circulate your memo to our advisory board.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓We␈α
will␈αcertainly␈α
need␈α
a␈αmore␈α
precisely␈α
stated␈αpolicy,␈α
but␈αI␈α
have␈α
decided␈αto␈α
delay␈α
formulating␈αit
␈↓ ↓H␈↓for␈αa␈αfew␈αmonths␈αuntil␈αthe␈αproblem␈αis␈αclearer␈α(i.e.,␈αuntil␈αit␈αbecomes␈αclearer␈αwhat␈αour␈αresources␈αare
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈α∞who␈α∞wants␈α∞to␈α∂use␈α∞them␈α∞for␈α∞what).␈α∂ In␈α∞one␈α∞regard,␈α∞the␈α∂problem␈α∞is␈α∞more␈α∞di≠cult␈α∂than␈α∞your
␈↓ ↓H␈↓memo␈αindicates.␈α The␈αDEC␈α20/40␈α
is␈αa␈αlarge␈αcomputer;␈αwe␈αstill␈α
have␈αabout␈αas␈αmuch␈αmemory␈αas␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓360/67␈α
had,␈α
and␈αthe␈α
machine␈α
is␈α
about␈αhalf␈α
as␈α
fast.␈α
 It␈αis␈α
compatible␈α
with␈α
previous␈αgeneration␈α
PDP
␈↓ ↓H␈↓10's␈αand␈αseveral␈αgroups␈αhave␈αlarge␈αprograms␈αthat␈αcould␈αcompletely␈αsoak␈αup␈αthe␈αLOTS␈αresource␈αif
␈↓ ↓H␈↓we allowed it.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Your␈α
Israeli␈αpost-doc␈α
is␈α
welcome␈αon␈α
LOTS␈α
for␈αnow,␈α
and␈α
I␈αthink␈α
he␈α
will␈αremain␈α
welcome.␈α But␈α
this
␈↓ ↓H␈↓is subject to the proviso that course work will have ≡rst priority.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc:  Ralph Gorin, Jim Adams