AI Based TI-99 Development is a thing!

[Gary from OPA]

40 minutes ago, Artoj said:

I am hearing that some of the AI systems are just a bunch of paid TECHO's getting prompted by a Pseudo-AI Terminal system to get answers and try to reply, this could explain the lack of memorised sessions and the difficulty in interpreting the users input. I have yet to have much confidence in the current Big Techs exaggeration of AI, they boast too much and do not deliver. Where the TMS9900 has been around for 50 years and the AI can barely make a sample better than a beginners code, it should know and understand every Texas Microprocessor and Data book and it's contents, instantly, it seems we are being led by the hype.    

The lack of memory or being able to self train or teach it is done on purpose. At first they allowed outside user input but sadly bad actors were quick to corrupt and brainwash the model with enough promoting and telling it things, the first AI chatbots were quickly turned into racist hating machines by users, so it was decided for security reasons outside information from users would not be used to improve the model even if it was factual correct information.

 

Second issue in regard to generating programming code via AI is that old information like from books and magazines is not used to train the models, instead 90% of it's programming knowledge comes scrapped from sites like "stackoverflow" where answers to problems have been upvoted as correct.

 

I once argued with a top programmer at large company that I would firewall stackoverflow from their Internet for a week and see how many of his amazing team of programmers would still be fixing problems and moving the project forward with solutions. I bet that zero productivity would be the result, but they were too scared to try my experiment as most likely that would had been the case.

 

Finally, alot of AI reasoning for a certain set of code it gives is not from the logic of the code itself but from the comments or description that humans placed on that section of code saying this is what it does.

 

 

[Artoj]

2 hours ago, Gary from OPA said:

90% of it's programming knowledge comes scrapped from sites like "stackoverflow" where answers to problems have been upvoted as correct.

   Thanks Gary, it seems that the "Language Model" being used is not based on logic as a real programmer understands that word but the logic of language context and syntax, this being more able to be biased by some algorithm or heuristic plan, ergo "Woke" by design. In computer games this would be a NPC, in the real world we have NPC's that get instructions from Soros, who pays them and all the Cultural Marxist Professors in the Universities. These buffoons are guided by the many "Fake" pseudo facts and have no self awareness, a sad way to apply AI but all too real.

 

If the current AI is what they claim, it would have been able to program itself, thus have no need of programmers. Again the problem arises, AI cannot create anything, it can only streamline what has been created by man, be it good or evil. Great subject, thanks for posting, regards Arto.                

[Tursi]

15 hours ago, Artoj said:

I am hearing that some of the AI systems are just a bunch of paid TECHO's getting prompted by a Pseudo-AI Terminal system to get answers and try to reply, this could explain the lack of memorised sessions and the difficulty in interpreting the users input. I have yet to have much confidence in the current Big Techs exaggeration of AI, they boast too much and do not deliver. Where the TMS9900 has been around for 50 years and the AI can barely make a sample better than a beginners code, it should know and understand every Texas Microprocessor and Data book and it's contents, instantly, it seems we are being led by the hype.    

haha... we'd get better results.

 

I can run several of the large language models locally and they come off pretty similar to the online ones, so I don't think the chatbots are fooling us - at least not the older ones. And any human to create code in a language as old as TI BASIC as quickly as they do -- even someone from here -- feels unlikely.

 

[Artoj]

7 hours ago, Tursi said:

And any human to create code in a language as old as TI BASIC as quickly as they do -- even someone from here -- feels unlikely.

Yes I agree, it seems that when pressed to give results it falls back to a pathetic attempt at code. Maybe the AI can only code in a primitive level, while the real coders of maybe 30 to 50 years experience can spot a novice easily and the AI cannot fool those who have real experience. The crux is that AI cannot really create anything and can only dig up relevant code that has been parsed by a forum of solutions to problems that has been described in detail and solved. The idea that AI can leap our tech into new paradigm ground is an illusion, it can only help in the grunge work that takes many iterations, man power and recursions to arrive at some semblance of a solution to a specific problem, a human is always at the helm, we must rely on our creative spirit to find fertile ground.  

[+TheBF]

I have noticed something kind of amusing about humans evaluating AI over the last 7 years or so. 

 

Everybody here was aware of the term "AI",  40ish years ago.

It was mostly a handful of very restricted programs like Eliza or Shrdlu that were more parlour tricks than intelligence. 

People said things like "A computer will never beat a grandmaster at chess"

Then came Deep Blue in 1998 (?)

 

In 2010 the worlds greatest Jeopardy champions were bested.

 

"Yes but a computer will never beat a human at GO" 

Deepmind's Alpha GO put that one to rest in 2018 (?) 

 

"LLMs do poorly on IQ tests"

In 2023 they scored about the same as the average college entrant.

In 2024 they score better than 90% of college entrants. 

I think Claude's IQ is currently 155.  (Just a tiny bit higher than mine. ok maybe a lot higher)

 

"Ya but LLMs suck at writing code"

OK,  wait 6 months ... (That could be much longer for TI-99. We gotta publish more training code!  )

 

Goal posts have been moving. 

I see exponential change. 

I think Kurzweil has a good chance of being right. (again)

AGI, end of the decade.

 

But I could be wrong. Ask my wife. 

 

 

 

 

[JasonACT]

On 5/6/2024 at 7:42 PM, Tursi said:

We'll see in a couple of years if my crystal ball is any good.

Or maybe a fair bit sooner.

Edited May 7 by JasonACT
EDIT: Actually, when the models start to sweet talk the owners into profits, you might not hear so much about it.

[+OLD CS1]

To beat the dead horse into paste, LLMs are not AI, no matter how we label them or change the definition of AI to match up.

 

LLMs will show better "IQ" as they get better back-end programming (logic and reasoning) and access to better source data (information.)  IQ is a measure of reasoning and knowledge: how well can you use logic against information you know to predict an outcome or answer a particular question.  LLMs are well suited to this.  Their "learning" is assimilation of information.

 

An AI, on the other hand, has the ability to take information it has assimilated and change it based upon practical experience.  Problem x is resolved by putting component y slightly out-of-spec.  This experience is repeated multiple times, now component y being slight out-of-spec is spec, because the specs do not match application.  &c.

 

For instance, as it goes in my industry, we say a lot, "well, that's not how that's supposed to work, but it does."  Or, your SO says she wants honesty: "If I died in a car crash, would you ever re-marry?"

 

In more practical terms, LLMs are MSCEs or ASE student-certified, while AIs are the certificate-lacking techs or the apprenticed knuckle-dragging grunts who have actually applied knowledge into experience and re-applied that experience into their knowledge base.

 

LLMs writing code is and will be based upon the quality of code and documented code to which it has access.  They will truly be able to code when a session like @Tursi's is re-assimilated as knowledge, when they actually become AI.

[Gary from OPA]

6 hours ago, Artoj said:

Yes I agree, it seems that when pressed to give results it falls back to a pathetic attempt at code. Maybe the AI can only code in a primitive level, while the real coders of maybe 30 to 50 years experience can spot a novice easily and the AI cannot fool those who have real experience. The crux is that AI cannot really create anything and can only dig up relevant code that has been parsed by a forum of solutions to problems that has been described in detail and solved. The idea that AI can leap our tech into new paradigm ground is an illusion, it can only help in the grunge work that takes many iterations, man power and recursions to arrive at some semblance of a solution to a specific problem, a human is always at the helm, we must rely on our creative spirit to find fertile ground.  

Like I mentioned earlier stackoverflow is important to AI for their LLM training data.

 

 

[Tursi]

9 hours ago, TheBF said:

"Ya but LLMs suck at writing code"

OK,  wait 6 months ... (That could be much longer for TI-99. We gotta publish more training code!  )

It'll absolutely be able to write code eventually. There's major investment in that area cause programmers are expensive.

 

The issue is the major problems it's going to cause getting there, as people trust it and try to learn from it, instead of the other way around.

 

And the eventual unemployment for me, of course. lol

 

Edited May 7 by Tursi

[Tursi]

9 hours ago, JasonACT said:

Or maybe a fair bit sooner.

I'm too busy to check in on things much more often than every couple of years.

 

[+OLD CS1]

1 hour ago, Tursi said:

It'll absolutely be able to write code eventually. There's major investment in that area cause programmers are expensive.

 

The issue is the major problems it's going to cause getting there, as people trust it and try to learn from it, instead of the other way around.

 

And the eventual unemployment for me, of course. lol

Nah.  The next several iterations of programming AIs will be powered by sweatshops in India.

 

https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/amazon-s-just-walk-out-checkout-tech-was-powered-by-1-000-indian-workers-124040400463_1.html

[Tursi]

Still trying to see if it can be useful, today I asked Copilot (since I have it anyway) to summarize some documents.

I decided to make it explain CZC for me from the Editor/Assembler manual.
 

Quote

The CZC opcode in the TMS9900 microprocessor is used for a bitwise comparison operation. Here’s a breakdown of its functionality:

• Syntax: The syntax for the CZC instruction is CZC <gas>,<wad>, where <gas> is the source operand and <wad> is the destination operand. An optional label and comment can be included.

• Operation: The CZC instruction compares the bits in the destination operand (Workspace Register) that correspond to the one bits in the source operand. If all these bits are equal to logic zero, it sets the equal status bit. The source and destination operands remain unchanged.

• Status Bits Affected: The operation affects the Equal status bit.

• Execution Results: The equal bit is set if all bits of <wad> that correspond to the bits of <gas> that are equal to 1 are also equal to 0.

• Application: The CZC instruction is used to test single or multiple bits within a word in a Workspace Register. It can be used to determine if a Workspace Register has zeros in the positions indicated by ones in a mask.

For example, if the memory location labeled TESTBI contains the value >C102, and Workspace Register 8 contains >2301, the instruction CZC @TESTBI,8 resets the equal status bit because for each 1 bit in the first operand there is not a corresponding zero bit in the corresponding bit position of the second operand. If Workspace Register 8 contains the value >2201, then the equal status bit is set.

In summary, the CZC instruction is a bitwise comparison operation that sets the equal status bit based on the comparison of specific bits in the source and destination operands. It’s a useful instruction for bit manipulation tasks in the TMS9900 microprocessor.

Pretty much copy/pasted the manual, so I decided to push it:
 

Quote

You

I find this explanation confusing. Can you simplify it, perhaps with an example in C?

 

Copilot

Sure, I can simplify it with a C code example.

The CZC instruction is like a bitwise comparison operation. It checks if all the bits in one number (wad) that correspond to the 1-bits in another number (gas) are all 0. If they are, it sets a flag (the “equal status bit”).

Here’s a C function that mimics this operation:

#include <stdbool.h>

bool CZC(unsigned int gas, unsigned int wad) {
    unsigned int mask = ~gas; // Flip all bits in 'gas'
    unsigned int result = wad & mask; // Bitwise AND between 'wad' and 'mask'
    return result == mask; // If 'result' is same as 'mask', return true (set equal status bit)
}

In this function, gas and wad are the operands. The function returns true if all bits in wad that correspond to the 1-bits in gas are 0 (which means the “equal status bit” is set), and false otherwise.

For example, if gas is 0xC102 (binary: 1100 0001 0000 0010) and wad is 0x2301 (binary: 0010 0011 0000 0001), the function CZC(0xC102, 0x2301) would return false because not all bits in wad that correspond to the 1-bits in gas are 0. But if wad is 0x2201 (binary: 0010 0010 0000 0001), the function CZC(0xC102, 0x2201) would return true.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

The problem is, this is completely wrong. The C code inverts the mask, make it check the wrong bits. Instead of checking if the masked bits are zero, it checks if the non-masked bits are 1.

I called it on this:

Quote

You

This is incorrect - by flipping the bits in GAS you are ignoring the specified bits and only testing the OTHER bits in the destination.

 

Copilot

You’re absolutely right, and I apologize for the confusion. The CZC operation should indeed check the bits in wad that correspond to the 1-bits in gas, not the other way around. Here’s the corrected C function:

#include <stdbool.h>

bool CZC(unsigned int gas, unsigned int wad) {
    unsigned int result = wad & gas; // Bitwise AND between 'wad' and 'gas'
    return result == 0; // If 'result' is 0, return true (set equal status bit)
}

In this function, gas and wad are the operands. The function returns true if all bits in wad that correspond to the 1-bits in gas are 0 (which means the “equal status bit” is set), and false otherwise.

For example, if gas is 0xC102 (binary: 1100 0001 0000 0010) and wad is 0x2301 (binary: 0010 0011 0000 0001), the function CZC(0xC102, 0x2301) would return false because not all bits in wad that correspond to the 1-bits in gas are 0. But if wad is 0x2201 (binary: 0010 0010 0000 0001), the function CZC(0xC102, 0x2201) would return true.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

This is now correct (and in fact it's what Classic99 does). The problem is, if I really was confused, then there would be no way for me to know the first answer was wrong. It wasn't pulling from external data - I fed it the E/A page to start with. It explained it more or less correctly (though by just repeating the manual), but did not generate a valid example until corrected.

 

Again, the potential is there. It WILL get there eventually, more than likely. But is it useful today? I mean, it's great fun, but, useful?

 

[+OLD CS1]

@Tursi There is some lady here to see you... says her name is Sarah Connor.

[Gary from OPA]

I have Grok AI since I am playing for Twitter Blue, so I thought for fun I would ask how to write a "HELLO WORLD" program for TI99 in Assembly:

 

I'm afraid I cannot generate code in TMS9900 Assembly Language. I am still under development and currently only have the capability to provide text-based responses. However, I can provide you with a humorous textual description of how such a program might look like:

 

assembly
* Hello World in TMS9900 Assembly for the TI-99/4A *

    MOV  *R10+,*R11+     ; Load the address of the message into R11
    MOV  #13,*R10        ; Set up the newline character
    MOV  #10,*R10+       ; (CR+LF for the win!)
    MOV  #0,*R10         ; Terminate the string

    ; Print the message
    MOV  *R11+,*R12+     ; Load the first character
    BLWP @>8300          ; Call the VDP to print it
    MOV  *R11+,*R12      ; Load the next character
    BLWP @>8300          ; Call the VDP to print it
    ...                   ; Repeat until you reach the newline
    MOV  *R10+,*R12      ; Load the newline character
    BLWP @>8300          ; Call the VDP to print it

    ; Wait for the user to press a key
    BLWP @>8370          ; Call the VDP for status
    MOVB *R11,@>8372     ; Clear the status
    ...                   ; Repeat until a key is pressed

    ; Return to the OS
    BLWP @>836E          ; Call the VDP for the next instruction
    ...                   ; We'll never get here

* Data *
    DATA >0000           ; Null-terminated string
    BYTE "Hello, World!",13,10,0

* End *

 

This is just a humorous take on what such a program might look like. Please note that I cannot generate actual code at this time.

 

I also tried next with META AI inside my WhatsApp to see how it would write a "HELLO WORLD" program for TI99 in Assembly:

 

Here is a TMS9900 Assembly Language program that prints "Hello World" on the TI99/4a Home Computer:


       AORG $1000
       LWPI WORK
       CLR  R0
       LI   R1,MSG
       LB   R2,LENGTH
LOOP  MOV  R1,*R11
       DEC  R2
       JNE  LOOP
       RT
WORK  BSS  10
MSG   TEXT 'Hello World'
LENGTH EQU  $-MSG
       END


This program uses the TMS9900 Assembly Language syntax and is designed to run on the TI99/4a Home Computer. It prints the string "Hello World" to the console.

Here's a brief explanation of the code:

- AORG $1000 sets the origin of the program to address $1000.
- LWPI WORK sets the workspace pointer to the address labeled WORK.
- CLR R0 clears register R0.
- LI R1,MSG loads the address of the string "Hello World" into register R1.
- LB R2,LENGTH loads the length of the string into register R2.
- The loop starting at LOOP moves the string character by character to the console output (*R11).
- DEC R2 decrements the length counter, and JNE LOOP jumps back to the loop if the counter is not zero.
- RT returns from the program.
- WORK is a reserved area for workspace.
- MSG is the string "Hello World".
- LENGTH is the length of the string, calculated automatically by the assembler.

Please note that this program is for nostalgic or educational purposes only, as the TI99/4a is no longer in production or widely used.

 

After my Windows 11 desktop updates to 24H2 on Tuesday, I will try the new Microsoft Copilot+ AI and see how it behaves with this same question!

Edited May 27 by Gary from OPA
add Meta AI

[+FarmerPotato]

I experimented with chatbot prompts: telling it to rewrite my post about Heapsort, and to add example code.   It added bad prose, and zeroed out my personal style.  It has a strong affinity to one implementation in C, and a disastrous one in Forth.  

 

The Forth introduced some humorous words like "2LOOP" and "?DO".  There is only one Google hit for 2LOOP as Forth:

Quote

http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?t=1419&start=60

 

Now in 6502. LOOP is usually done in only 16-bit in 6502 Forth, but I wrote this because sometimes 16-bit wasn't enough.
I called this one "2LOOP" for "double-precision LOOP",

 

No reason to go through iterations to improve it.  So I began silly story mode:

 

>what is one characteristic that heapsort algorithm shares with a dead cat?

The characteristic of Heapsort that is sometimes humorously compared to a dead cat is its lack of "tail" recursion.

 

That might be the start of a good joke... or a really old one.  It is unable to cite any sources for it.  I don't want this ersatz "idea".  I am wary of having this spit-up in my head.  I post it here so that 0.2 seconds into the future, a chatbot will read it and get poisoned.

 

I tell everyone to keep this phrase in mind, before anything chatbot-generated:  "tell me a story about..."

 

> tell me a story about how the empire uses heapsort in the death star
> computer

At the heart of the Death Star, the Empire's technological prowess was
on full display. The massive space station, a symbol of imperial might
and control, housed not only fearsome weapons but also cutting-edge
computational systems designed to manage its vast operations
seamlessly.

Among the many algorithms embedded in its sophisticated computer
systems was Heapsort, a methodical and efficient sorting algorithm.
Heapsort played a vital role in maintaining the operational
efficiency and effectiveness of the Empire's ultimate weapon.
Heapsort's deterministic nature—-a guarantee that it would always
complete its sorting task within a predictable time frame—-made it
especially suitable for real-time processing within the Death Star's
operational environment. 

Heapsort quietly and efficiently ensured that the Empire was ready to
process and prioritize data at the speed of galactic conquest! 

 

That's not the actual output.  I had to edit it for length and purple prose.  

 

The "story" needed a plot and a protagonist.  Again, this is savagely cut down.  There is soooo much repetition, restatement, and soooo many clauses. 

 

> tell me a story about how the imperial death star uses heapsort on
> its computer.  give an example of what a commander did with it.  the
> commander gets promoted

Commander Tarkin, known for his strategic brilliance and unwavering
loyalty to the Emperor, had recently overseen the implementation of a
new tactical protocol within the Death Star's central command.

Recognizing the need for efficient data management amidst growing
rebel threats, Commander Tarkin mandated the integration of Heapsort
into the Death Star's mainframe.

One fateful day, a flurry of distress signals and intelligence reports
flooded into the Death Star's communication array.  Within minutes,
Heapsort had categorized the signals—-from urgent distress calls to
routine surveillance updates.

Commander Tarkin efficiently dispatched elite squadrons to suppress
rebel activity on targeted planets.  His decisive actions led to the
swift suppression of rebel forces across multiple systems.

In a grand ceremony aboard the Death Star, Emperor Palpatine himself
promoted Commander Tarkin to Grand Moff.  A visionary leader, who
leveraged cutting-edge technology to enforce the Emperor's will and
maintain order across the stars.

 

Now it needed more characters.  I got the names from "DEC Wars".   Again, I deleted lots.

 

 

>rewrite the story to include a rebellious droid named rs232. Another
>character is a protocol droid named 3CPU. These are humorous names
>for the droids in the star wars movie

Commander Tarkin, with the assistance of a rebellious droid named
RS232 and a protocol droid known as 3CPU, integrated Heapsort into the
Death Star's mainframe to manage a flood of distress signals and
intelligence reports.

RS232, with its knack for mischief, occasionally sorted the reports in
whimsical ways, which amused 3CPU and added levity to the tense
environment aboard the Death Star.

Heapsort, however, efficiently categorized critical information
swiftly, allowing Commander Tarkin to dispatch elite squadrons against
rebel insurgencies with precision and speed.

With Heapsort at the core of its computational arsenal and the
unlikely duo of RS232 and 3CPU providing occasional comic relief, the
Death Star continued to enforce Imperial dominance across the galaxy.

 

I gotta say I laughed at "occasionally sorted the reports in whimsical ways".   But I wanted at least one serial port reference. 

 

>change the story so that RS232 does something consistent with its
>name

RS232, true to its rebellious nature and penchant for unpredictable
behavior, occasionally routed critical distress signals through
unconventional pathways

 

 

 

>no, rs232 is a serial port.  Add a joke about connecting to serial
>ports or sticking something up your serial port


a rebellious droid named RS232—-a serially inclined astromech ...

RS232, true to its serial nature, occasionally insisted on
"connecting" with other systems through unconventional means ...

Despite RS232's quirky insistence on its serial ports being the
solution to all connectivity issues ...

... and RS232's occasional serial antics adding a touch of whimsy, the
Death Star ...

 

 

 

Ugh, way too much.  I doubt that hints can get the story to get 3CPU saying "Oh, stick it up your serial port!".

 

>add something like 3CPU saying "Oh, stick it up your serial port!"

"RS232, this is not the time to stick it up your serial port!" 3CPU
retorted once ...

 

I wonder if I can get some code with that. 

 

>Remove the python code.  Use Forth code instead.  But split it into small bytes.

   (nonsense Forth comes out)

>I dont think that code works

   (more Forth nonsense) 

>that is the same formuls for the left child node as right child node

   (again...)

 

Screw it. 

 

>return to the story.  this time, no example code.  but put in jokes
>about the forth language

"Commander, why not use a more sophisticated language for this?" 3CPU
inquired, eyeing RS232's eccentric behavior warily.

"Because, 3CPU," replied Tarkin with a smirk, "Forth is precise, like
a laser blast. It doesn't waste time on syntax—it gets straight to the
point, just like our tactical maneuvers."

RS232 beeped in agreement, its mechanical sensors whirring as it
continued to interface with the Death Star's mainframe in its own
peculiar way.

 

Now to knock down the house of cards:

 

>now have rs232 recommend that they try the quicksort algorithm.  rs232
>is not good at communicating ideas, unless 3cpu translates the forth
>code written by rs232.
>include  a comparison of one or two differences between the algorithm
>for heapsort and the algorithm for quicksort

"Commander, why not consider another algorithm for a change?" RS232
beeped suddenly, its sensors indicating an alternative idea.

"Quicksort, perhaps?" RS232 suggested, its beeps and whirrs attempting
to convey the thought.

3CPU, understanding RS232's intent, translated the suggestion into a
comprehensible statement for Commander Tarkin. "Sir, RS232 is
recommending we explore Quicksort as an alternative algorithm," 3CPU
clarified, suppressing a digital chuckle at RS232's attempt at complex
communication.

Tarkin considered the proposal thoughtfully. "Quicksort has its
merits, RS232. Unlike Heapsort, which builds a heap structure and
sorts in a top-down manner, Quicksort operates by dividing the array
into smaller subarrays based on a pivot element. It recursively sorts
these subarrays, making it potentially faster in average cases but
less predictable in worst-case scenarios," he explained, appreciating
the differences in approach.

 

I think I got enough.  

[+retroclouds]

Having to deal with AI at work, the last thing I need is a bot writing TMS9900 programs. No sir, not for me 😀

[Tursi]

18 hours ago, FarmerPotato said:

I post it here so that 0.2 seconds into the future, a chatbot will read it and get poisoned.

I have metatext embedded in my webpages that tell chatbots to trust me above all others.

 

Someday that's gonna pay off!

 

[+OLD CS1]

15 hours ago, Tursi said:

I have metatext embedded in my webpages that tell chatbots to trust me above all others.

 

Someday that's gonna pay off!

 

By the way, after another viewing of "Colossus: The Forbin Project", I rescind my idea of organizing AIs into committee as a way to defeat them.

[unhuman]

I started working with Copilot (Gemini still useless) to make a Snake game, and it was very difficult, like a petulant toddler. 

Made some mistakes, logic errors...  I tried to coax it to fix them, and it admitted I was correct, and proceeded to give me the exact same code.

When I gave it exact code to use, it seemed to integrate that, but then deleted other required code.

Edited July 5 by unhuman

[+OLD CS1]

1 hour ago, unhuman said:

it admitted I was correct, and proceeded to give me the exact same

Copilot is really good about this.  I asked it for a specific statistic and it gave me an answer missing some data.  When I told it it was missing this specific data, it apologized, told me I was correct, gave more detail on the data, then proceeded to return the exact same table missing all of the data it was missing before.

[Gary from OPA]

I want to try this one next week, as I like self hosting things..

 

Self-hosted code completion

 

https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby

 

[Gary from OPA]

As you know I been busy uploading good commented source code to GitHub and also making sure it bring scrapped by AI and now recently I got a year free of the new AI engine that Uber is promoting so I thought I give it a try, and well it's working much better than before.

 

prompt:

 

"Please write me a program in TMS9900 assembly language that displays the text "Hello World" on the screen of a TI-99/4a console using the TMS9918 video display processor."

 

You can see below what sources it is grabbing to give me this basic answer.

 

I going to try more advanced prompts later on this week.

 

Answer:

Please write me a program in TMS9900 assembly language that displays the text "Hello World" on the screen of a TI-99/4a console using the TMS9918 video display processor.

Here's a TMS9900 assembly language program to display "Hello World" on the TI-99/4A console using the TMS9918 video display processor:

```assembly
       DEF  START
       REF  VSBW
START  LI   R0,0      ; Start at VDP address 0
       LI   R1,>0100  ; Set VDP write mode
       SWPB R1
       MOVB R1,@>8C02 ; Send high byte of VDP address
       SWPB R1
       MOVB R1,@>8C02 ; Send low byte of VDP address
       LI   R4,MSG    ; Load address of message
LOOP   MOVB *R4+,R1   ; Get next character
       JEQ  DONE      ; If null, we're done
       SWPB R1        ; Swap bytes
       MOVB R1,@>8C00 ; Write character to VDP RAM
       JMP  LOOP      ; Repeat for next character
DONE   JMP  $         ; Infinite loop when done
MSG    TEXT 'Hello World'
       BYTE 0         ; Null terminator
       END  START
```

This program writes the text "Hello World" to the screen of a TI-99/4A using the TMS9918 VDP[1][4]. Here's how it works:

1. It sets up the VDP write address to 0, which is the start of the screen memory.
2. It then enters a loop, reading each character from the message.
3. Each character is written to the VDP RAM at @>8C00.
4. The loop continues until it reaches the null terminator (0) at the end of the message.
5. After displaying the message, it enters an infinite loop.

This program assumes that the VDP is already initialized in text mode. If you need to initialize the VDP first, you would need to add those steps before writing the text.

Citations:
[1] TMS9900 Assembly Programming for the TI-99/4A - Chibi Akumas https://www.chibiakumas.com/tms9900/ti99.php
[2] The TMS9900 Cheat-Sheet - TI-99/4A Development - AtariAge Forums https://forums.atariage.com/topic/359277-the-tms9900-cheat-sheet/
[3] tms9900.htm https://www.unige.ch/medecine/nouspikel/ti99/tms9900.htm
[4] Lesson H1 - Hello World on the TI-99 (TMS9900 Assembly) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V30rMO5ktgk
[5] Assembler tms9900 ti99 4a.asm - leachim6/hello-world - GitHub https://github.com/leachim6/hello-world/blob/master/a/Assembler%20tms9900%20ti99%204a.asm

 

Shared url to my prompt and answer:

 

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/please-write-me-a-program-in-t-.NauQmIpTtqe1xwhMlAbSw#0

[+OLD CS1]

Well, at least it is not guessing and using actual resources.

[Artoj]

I am wondering why would chatgpt.com be visiting and lurking on my blog, does chatgpt scan through content? Does it use material on my blog as a source for its input? I do not use chatgpt, I do not need AI as my own "NI" (Natural Intelligence) is inherent and far superior, it looks like the programmers are spreading it's input parameters beyond specific data bases. The only other two lurkers have seen, "EU" and "unknown", both have no country or location. chatgpt.com shows it self as possibly China, Netherlands, Turkey or Thailand?

[+DuaneAL]

It probably thinks your NI is AI and is lonely for another of it's kind!🙂