18 Jan
2025
18 Jan
'25
8:53 a.m.
On 18/01/2025 15:36, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
A little humor for the group.
Among my other "legacy" systems I also have and still fool around
with a bunch of TRS-80's. Believe it or not, the Z80 based TRS-80's
were among the systems for which a version of STVOS was available.
Thought I would look to see if any of it was still floating around.
Asked Google
"TRS-80 Software Tools Virtual Operating System"
Got this result at the top of my response generated by whatever AI
engine they use.
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A "TRS-80 Software Tools Virtual Operating System" refers to a
software program that allows a modern computer to emulate a vintage
TRS-80 computer, essentially creating a virtual environment where you
can run old TRS-80 software, including operating systems like TRSDOS,
by simulating the hardware and functionality of the original machine,
letting you access and use programs designed for the TRS-80 on your
current computer.
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That is the biggest pile of steaming poo I have ever seen come out of
any of the various AI engines I have run into. Not one piece of it is
accurate other than the mention of TRSDOS.
This is what ChatGPT said about me:
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Frank Leonhardt is known for his work as a programmer in the early days
of personal computing. He began programming on the Apple II in the late
1970s and later moved on to the Atari 8-bit computer platform. He was
involved in the development of several popular software titles for these
platforms, including games and utilities.
One of his most notable contributions was the development of the
"Assemblotron" programming tool, which was a popular assembly language
development environment for the Atari 8-bit computers. The tool was
widely used by Atari programmers in the 1980s and is still used by some
enthusiasts today.
Leonhardt's early work as a programmer helped pave the way for the
personal computing revolution and laid the foundation for the modern
computing industry that we know today.
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Started off okay-ish. Then Atari 8-bit? Nope - never even owned one,
never mind writing a 6502 assembler for anything. Oh well, I guess it
confused me with the real author of "Assemblotron, so I looked it up.
The product is completely imaginary AFAIK, but perhaps someone here
knows different?
The last paragraph is over-stating things a bit. It clearly has no
knowledge of what happened before the WWW - presumably it scraped a load
of Personal Computer World articles while smoking e-pot.