19771013_October_Status_Report_For_Advanced_Design_And_User_Prototypes

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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