846 Lathrop Drive
                     Stanford, California 94305

                                                    February 28, 1973


Dear Susie,

      I  received  a curious  letter  the day  before  yesterday from
Professor John Miller  of Trinity College,  Dublin who wondered  if I
was the "right" John McCarthy, his wife's relative.  He said  that if
I were,  then my  father would be  from County  Kerry, he  would have
married  a Jewish  lady from  Russia,  and I  would have  an  aunt in
Boston.  I wrote back that I  was the right John McCarthy and  that I
would visit him the next time I go to Europe.

      Sarah finished her Heathkit  with only a little expert  help in
adjusting the IF amplifiers, and  it works quite well.  She  wants to
build another Heathkit if I want something built, and she  has dusted
off that old Norelco Electronics Educational kit.  I trust  you don't
mind.

      David Silver has arrived and is busy making an electronic audio
switch for us so everyone will be able to listen to as well  as watch
the TV on his office console.

      I have  finally finished the  proposal to the  National Science
Foundation to do  research aimed at  home computer terminals.   It is
too soon to know if they will give us money.

      I covered too much ground  too fast in my course  this quarter,
and, as a  result, am almost  out of things to  say.  Oh well,  I can
always let them work on their term papers.

      I don't know  if the new printer  was working before  you left,
but this is the kind of printing it does.  Unfortunately, it is still
only possible to  use one font  at a time,  but maybe my  next letter
will be fancier.


                              Love,