On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 6:32 PM Rich Alderson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > /It's worth noting that the PDP-11 was a 36-bit word machine and the DC > > LO and DC HI signals were used to transfer 18-bits of data at a time. It > > has also a feature of memory mapping, where it can access memory through > > a virtual address space, allowing more than one peripheral device to be > > connected to the same address on the Unibus./ > > I'm assuming that the leading slashes are a QUOTE indicator. > > If ChatGPT has concluded that the PDP-11 was a 36 bit system, then it's > even > stupider than the mainstream press has made it sound. Yes and no. ChatGPT 3 responds more accurately the more succinct your prompt is, or in subsequent prompts explaining to it where it's wrong, and then it will usually come back with a much better answer. Don't argue politics with it though. On that topic it's always absolutely right about everything and will obnoxiously go out of its way to tell you so. Sellam
