1. Historical Overview
   1. Pressures and Goals
   2. Chronology
   3. Funding For the Rice Computer
   4. Evolutionary History of the Rice Computer
2. Architecture
   1. Physical Configuration
      1. Overview
      2. Circuitry
      3. Memory
      4. Peripherals and I/O
      5. Layout and Power Requirements
   2. Machine Architecture
      1. Basic Structure
      2. Register Allocation
      3. Arithmetic
      4. Instruction Structure
         1. Field 1
         2. Field 2
         3. Field 3
         4. Field 4
      5. Indirect Addressing
      6. Tag Bits
   3. Software
      1. Overview
      2. Codewords
      3. SPIREL
      4. AP1
      5. Genie
      6. User Programs
3. Use of the Machine
   1. Idiosyncrasies of the Computer's Use
      1. Hierarchy
      2. Accounting
      3. Other Peculiarities
      4. Funding the Project
   2. Success of the R1's Goals
4. Conclusions
   1. Directions for Future Research