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From: rst@cs.hull.ac.uk (Rob Turner)
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Subject: Optical Computers
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Date: 1 Nov 90 12:01:47 GMT
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I recently attended a series of lectures at Manchester University,
England on optical computers given by Alan Huang of AT&T. This
stimulated my interest in the area of optical computers, and I wonder
if there are any specific goups on the net where they are (or have
been) discussed. If not, I guess this is the right place. What are
people's views on optical computers. Alan Huang was *enormously*
enthusiastic (as you would expect him to be). Even if he was too
optimistic, his enthusiasm rubbed off on me and made me fascinated to
learn more. The best literature I have found was an issue of IEEE
Spectrum a while back devoted to optical computers, but I want to know
more.

Rob

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