Ed has been considering a variety of ideas for his next project.
Moore/Fujihara/Ray/Downend met with Ed and recommended that he should target
either a low-cost-kit-only "puzzle" game or a premimum high-end game. Based on
that input, Ed asked me 9/18 if he could experiment for a month or two (prior
to official project initiation), with an aerial dog-fight theme with visuals
similar to the Ace of Aces book game. Since Rich previously indicated that a
1-2 month experimental project would be a viable option, I agreed. Ed wanted to
use the Stunrunner hardware since it would allow the quick rendering of the 3D
objects (the artist part) as well as the real-time projection needed for the
experiment. It would also make an excellent hardware for a final product 
targeted at the high-end  segment of the game market.

As of 9/18, Ed is proceeding on the project and has assembled the following:
	- A Stunrunner PCB from Glenn (a spare from AMOA)
	- A bench harness (From the auxilary bench in the STUN lab)
	- A std. res. display.

Ed  talked to Pat McCarthy and arranged for technical assistance from
Farrokh. Ed also talked to Rotberg to help with software in terms of
providing a "shell" extracted from the Stunnrunner program; Ed's intention
was to minimize his demands on Max's time by starting with the Stunrunner
program and to hopefully avoid having to become intimate with the hardware
because of the experimental nature of the project.

Due to the abrupt start of this informal project, Ed and I did not inform Rick
Moncrief. Consequently, the Applied Research team was somewhat dismayed when
Farrokh came requesting information. 

Since then, I talked to Rick Moncrief by phone, and as I understand it, the
Applied Research team will be able to assist Ed and Farrokh to a limited
extent. In particular, Farrokh needs enough information to hook an 8-position
joystick to the hardware. 

Rick and I agreed that the abrupt start of this project resulted in poor
communication for which I apologize. Rick, Ed and I will meet and discuss
the full impact of Ed's project as soon as Rick returns from Idaho.