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Aucbvax.1531 fa.apollo utzoo!duke!mhtsa!eagle!ucbvax!halbert Fri Jun 5 11:14:18 1981 Introduction to Apollo >From DUFFEY@MIT-AI Fri Jun 5 06:19:43 1981 Date: 5 June 1981 09:19-EDT From: "Roger D. Duffey, II" <DUFFEY AT MIT-AI> Subject: Welcome to APOLLO To: New APOLLO Subscribers

Hello,

Welcome to the APOLLO mailing list. APOLLO discusses personal work station computers, such as the APOLLO work station computer, the Three Rivers Corporation PERC, or the recently announced Xerox STAR. APOLLO provides a way for interested members of the ARPAnet community to discuss what is wrong with these machines, compare notes on work in progress, and share useful insights about these kinds of systems. The list is managed by Hank Dreifus <DREIFUS WHARTON AT>.

APOLLO is currently discussing initial reactions to the Xerox Star Workstation. Sandor Schoichet <SROSS MIT-XX AT> has been conducting an informal survey about the Star. The current results are available in the file DUFFEY;APOLLO STARMS on MIT-AI and the file <SROSS>STAR.MSS on MIT-XX. Please note that you do not need to login to FTP the file from MIT-AI. People who cannot obtain copies of the file themselves may request a copy of the file by sending mail to APOLLO-REQUEST@AI.

Hank Dreifus <DREIFUS WHARTON AT> is conducting an initial survey about the personal workstations people on this list are using and/or developing. He would like to send him a brief message describing the OA machine you use and why (or why not). He will collect the responses and distribute a final summary to the list.

A complete record of the APOLLO discussions will be maintained in the file AI:DUFFEY;APOLLO ARCHIV. The archive is small now because APOLLO is only a few days old. However, this will change rapidly.

Comments in the ongoing discussions should be addressed to APOLLO@MIT-AI. Administrative requests (eg. a message asking to add someone to the mailing list) or questions about the goals of this list should be addressed to APOLLO-REQUEST@MIT-AI.

Lastly, welcome to APOLLO. I trust you will enjoy being part of these discussions.

Cheers, Roger

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