And DEC used one to help configure systems. It would tell you if your configuration would work or if you left anything out. We wanted a Vax 785 with 6 massbuss adapters but it told us the buss was too long and would intermittently time out.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2025, at 11:17, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > >> On Jan 18, 2025, at 2:13 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> ... >> He said, that the computerized version was more adroit at spotting decay >> and could perform periodontal charting from radiographs without the >> necessity of a hygienist poking at your gums with a probe. >> >> I'd call that more in the realm of image processing and expert systems >> rather than real AI. > > Expert systems have always been considered a kind of AI system. What makes > them somewhat different is that they actually have a decades-long track > record of working. I remember learning these back in 1976, from visiting > prof. Donald Mickie at the University of Illinois. We used it to build a > chess endgame machine. > > paul >
