17 Apr
2004
17 Apr
'04
8:46 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: Other collecting activities?
This brings up an interesting question, have there
really been computers
that could write scripts or books? I remember rumors in the mid-80's that
some of the pulpish adventure books were written by a computer.
Personally
I find it hard to believe.
According to the book I mentioned, the TX-0 wrote three scripts for a
western 'playlet'. They were actually televised
during the CBS show, The Thinking Machine. The computer used a
script-writing program called SAGA II. According to this link :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TX-0
the TX-0 became the PDP-1.
bm