12-30-78   12:13 A.M.     SATURDAY MORNING
MERRY CHRISTMAS!    HAPPY NEW YEAR!     SEASONS GREETINGS!
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PAPER TAPE IS IN THIS CONTRAPTION OR
IF MY TYPING IS EQUAL TO THE TEST THAT IS NOW BEING PUT TO IT.
I AM WAITING FOR SOMEONE AND I HAVE SOME TIME TO JUST GOOF OFF
SO I SUPPOSE I CAN SPEND IT THIS WAY.  I HAVE BEEN TYPING ON
DATA TERMINALS LATELY BUT A GREAT MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN THE
CRT TYPE, SO I NEVER HAVE A PERMANENT RECORD TO KEEP AFTERWARDS.
THIS PAPER TAPE IS ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE IN EVERY MEANING OF THE
WORD.  I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT THAT WHEN THIS SERIES OF
HOLES IN A PIECE OF PAPER IS FED THROUGH A MACHINE LIKE THIS
ONE IT WILL TYPE OUT EVERYTHING THAT I AM NOW TYPING IN EXACTLY
THE SAME WAY THAT I AM TYPING IT.
     THESE MACHINES HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN ON A WHOLE NEW IMPORTANCE
IN MY LIFE BECAUSE AT THE PRESENT TIME I AM CONSIDERING BUILDING
A MICROCOMPUTER FOR MY PERSONAL HOME USE.  I WOULD (OR MIGHT)
LIKE TO PURCHASE A TELETYPE MACHINE SIMILAR TO THIS ONE TO PROVIDE
PAPER TAPE AND HARD COPY CAPABILITIES.  A USED, DIRTY, TERRIBLE
LOOKING MACHINE OF THIS NATURE COSTS ABOUT 300 DOLLARS.  THEIR
MAIN DISADVANTAGE IS THE FACT THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE SPEEDS
USUALLY ENCOUNTERED IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THESE MACHINES ARE
VERY SLOW (IF THEY WENT ANY SLOWER, THEY'D STOP).  THE ADVANTAGES
ARE THAT THEY ARE CHEAP, FAIRLY RELIABLE, AND PERFORM A VARIETY
OF FUNCTIONS.
     I SUPPOSE THAT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I AM
USING SUCH EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT I AM NOT SAYING MUCH IN THIS
MESSAGE.  HERE ARE SOME TREMENDOUS WORDS OF WISDOM FROM PBP:
IF PEOPLE NOWADAYS WOULD STOP AND TAKE A MOMENT NOW AND THEN
TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND THEM AT WHAT THEY'VE GOT AND HOW BEAUTIFUL
IT REALLY IS, THEY WOULD NOT BE GETTING HEART ATTACKS AND ULCERS
RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS AND ATTAINING THINGS
WHICH IN THE END THEY FIND DO NOT BRING THEM NEARLY AS MUCH
HAPPINESS AS THEY WERE HOPING FOR.  (THEY ALREADY HAD MORE HAPPINESS
THAN WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ATTAIN THROUGH THEIR PROJECTS, BUT
THEY NEVER HAD ENOUGH TIME TO RECOGNIZE OR APPRECIATE THE THINGS
THAT THEY HAD........)
     THESE ARE MY WORDS OF WISDOM FOR THIS MORNING FROM MOTOROLA.
I HAVE JUST BEEN INFORMED BY A PHONE CALL THAT THE PERSON THAT I AM
WAITING FOR IS ON THE WAY, SO I WILL HAVE TO END THIS INSANITY.
THOSE WORDS OF WISDOM ABOVE ARE JUST WHAT I CAME UP WITH ON
SHORT NOTICE (OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, AS THEY SAY), WITH SOME
THOUGHT I COULD PRODUCE SOMETHING TRULY TREMENDOUS.
     ONCE AGAIN, I WILL SAY WHAT I SAID IN A PREVIOUS TELETYPE
MESSAGE:  PHIL, I HOPE THAT YOU ARE NOW READING THIS MESSAGE
ON YOUR OWN COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, HOOKED INTO YOUR OWN COMPUTER
(IF YOU-KNOW-WHO- WILL LET YOU).  IN ANY CASE, LIVE LONG AND
PROSPER, DON'T TAKE ANY WOODEN NICKLES, AND SAY "HELLO" TO GLEN
FOR ME.12:50 A.M.