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\F1\COctober 7,1976


Dr. Gordon I. Robertson
Engineering Research Center
Western Electric Corporation
P.O. Box 900
Princeton, N.J. 08540

Dear Dr. Robertson:
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	Enclosed is a DECtape of the PDP 11/45 software for the model Stanford
Arm you have ordered.  Also enclosed is  a listing of all the programs  on
the DECtape.  The DECtape was written using a Stanford University program.
The format is  supposed to  be compatible with  standard PDP-10  DECtapes.
Please try to read this tape and compare it with the listing.  Should  you
have any big problems let us know.

	We apparantly also have a program which will write DECtapes in  PDP-11
format.  As I have not  tried it, I do not  know whether it really  works.
We will send you another copy of this software when we deliver the arm.  It will
include the proper calibration constants for your arm.
If you care to have this final tape in  that format let me know.

	The programs supplied assemble  on the Stanford University  PDP-11/45.
This does not use the standard DEC assembler, but from our experience with
General Motors Corp.,  you should  easily be able  to change  some of  the
little details to enable the code to assemble on a standard DEC  operating
system.  This should also  be the case with  using the PDP-11/34 with  the
new optional floating point unit DEC  is supplying.  (DEC informs me  that
the floating point  instruction set for  the /34 is  like the /45,  rather
than like the /40 as I originally thought.)

	We are now testing your arm and hope to  have it running on  the
Stanford computer in a couple of weeks.  We will let you know our progress
on about Oct. 15.  I am still  planning on delivering the arm around  Nov.
1.

	Should you have any furthur questions, please let me know.\.
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Yours sincerely,



Victor Scheinman
    President

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