<div>                Chowning developed his FM techniques at Stanford in the late 60s.<br><br>Doug <br>synthparts.com            </div>            <div class="yahoo_quoted" style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex;">                        <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">                                <div>                    On Thursday, August 5, 2021, 09:31:25 AM PDT, Donald Tillman <don@till.com> wrote:                </div>                <div><br></div>                <div><br></div>                <div><div dir="ltr">"When you assume..."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">This was from 1971.  (The number one song at the time was Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World".)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">John Chowning didn't file the FM patent until 1975.  (Elton John's "Philadelphia  Freedom".)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">  -- Don<br clear="none">--<br clear="none">Donald Tillman, Palo Alto, California<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.till.com" target="_blank">http://www.till.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yqt7850894559" id="yqtfd59058"><br clear="none">> On Aug 5, 2021, at 2:06 AM, Doug Terrebonne <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dougt55@yahoo.com" href="mailto:dougt55@yahoo.com">dougt55@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> John Chowning I would assume...<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Doug <br clear="none">> synthparts.com<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Thursday, August 5, 2021, 12:23:17 AM PDT, Donald Tillman <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:don@till.com" href="mailto:don@till.com">don@till.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> On Aug 4, 2021, at 10:07 PM, Bernard Arthur Hutchins, Jr via Synth-diy <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> > <a shape="rect" href="http://electronotes.netfirms.com/ENWN61.pdf" target="_blank">http://electronotes.netfirms.com/ENWN61.pdf</a><br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> > 50 Years Ago - Historical !<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Hey Bernie,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Very cool!<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm curious, what is the "Ph.D Thesis at Stanford" in reference to?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>   -- Don<br clear="none"></div></div></div>            </div>                </div>