[cctalk] Re: DEC Unibus variants

2025-04-01 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2025-04-01 11:55 a.m., ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > Why not try? > I'm open to your comments. > > As for the UNIBUS unobtainable transceivers: I think the best solution is > to use AM26S10 for drivers, and an LVC logic powered at 3.3v for receivers. > Both are active parts costing nuts. > I

[cctalk] Why I am not worried about AI taking over the world!

2025-04-01 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
So, I am working on another fun project on my trusty old TRS-80's. I need the ability to do multi-line functions which TRS-80 BASIC does not support. But in hopes of finding something where someone added that capability in the distant past (there were lots of features added by various people ov

[cctalk] Re: Why I am not worried about AI taking over the world!

2025-04-01 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
And now I have to clean the coffee out of my keyboard I asked the question with slightly different wording and got a totally different explanation with even more absurd examples. I think I'll ask it to write me a PL/M Compiler in TRS-80 BASIC. :-) bill

[cctalk] Re: Why I am not worried about AI taking over the world!

2025-04-01 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
One shortcoming, that has come up before, is that it is taught to NOT say, "I don't know" Somebody asked ChatGPT for the last eight digits of PI, and it gave a sequence of 8 digits. But, somebody else asked, "Is there a last digit of PI?", and it gave a reasonably correct answer. Perhaps, a

[cctalk] Re: Why I am not worried about AI taking over the world!

2025-04-01 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I have a book about writing AI code on a Tandy computer from 1981 Commodore did one of these too. Very primitive, but I liked it at the time. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@fl

[cctalk] Re: DEC Unibus variants

2025-04-01 Thread Christopher Zach via cctalk
Dec kind of did this with the pdt11 series of systems. The q bus was basically emulated with a pair of 8085 CPUs to emulate Dec peripherals. Fine enough but kind of meh. On April 1, 2025 11:09:40 AM HST, ben via cctalk wrote: >On 2025-04-01 11:55 a.m., ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: >> Why not t

[cctalk] Re: DEC Unibus variants

2025-04-01 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
couryho...@aol.com wishes to unsubscribe Sent from AOL on Android On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM, shad via cctalk wrote: The why not use a UniBone comment has merit, what will your (FPGA) > implementation add ? > Well, I know the Unibone! Surely is a very capable system for emulation