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XEROX luformntion Products Group Systems Development Division October 13, 1977 To: Tim Townsend, D. Liddle Copies to: SO Managers, D. DeSantis, E. Harslem, S. \Vallace, J. Wick From: Charles Irby Subject: October Status Report for Advanced Design and User Prototyes Group Filed on: <, rby> Progress.Oct Management Review Committee Demo Video taping of the Wang and IBM system 6 are being coordinated in EI Segundo by Al Bongerzone, using approximately the vignettes used for the Lewis demo. Alto video taping will take place in Palo Alto, and will produce a separate video tape of our Janus prototypes and will be updated as new prototypes are developed. We are no longer planning on a live demo to the M RC or any other august body. User Interface Specification Dave Smith is working closely with the Janus-l Functional Specification team in PSG. He is also aiding the Janus-I Design Specification team in the use of Smalltalk for high-level design specification and some prototyping. Ralph. Dave. and I are also working on the items promised in the Review meeting. Richard T\100re and Peter Bishop are working on the user's conceptual model of records and forms processing. Good progress is being made and occasional larger