Eliza v1.3 ---------- Eliza is a new GEM-based version of the old computer-psychatrist program Eliza. The original program was developed in the 70's and was an early example of artificial intelligence. American students believed that they were talking to a real human being! They answered every question correctly and so they felt understood by Eliza which only recognized a few words. Right now in the 90's you can talk to Eliza, too. And you can even feel more understood than the students! This version knows a lot more words than the old TOS version and is also more "intelligent". There are some special words or other events which cause a special reaction by Eliza. Try to find them all!!! Eliza runs on all Atari computers & clones with at least TOS 1.0. You can either run it as an Accessory or as a program. This program is resolution independent but some dialogs require 80 columns. There is special support for 16 and 256 colours but there are no restrictions for monchrome users. GDOS, the clipboard and iconify are also supported. Since 1.3 the program uses colour icons. Older TOS versions won't display these icons so buy TOS 6 or N.AES! The font selector only works if you have installed an exterernal font selector that follows the xfsl standard (Calvino, Hugo). "Visit my homepage" requires a WWW browser and an internet connection. "Cut","Copy","Paste" - no joke, Eliza supports the clipboard! Although this is not a typical clipboard application I have included this feature to demonstrate that clipboard support is very easy with Face Value. If you click on "Cut" or "Copy" Eliza creates a file containing the text in the 'you' field. "Paste" copies the first text line of "Scrap.txt" in the 'you' field. New in v1.3: - Every browser works (Light of Adamas, CAB, WenSuite) - If the browser is not currently in memory it will be started - this is multitasking only and you have to set the env. strings - Colour icon resource file - Send an email to me. Currently supported are Marathon and ASH-Emailer. - You can also use other browsers and email programs by specifying the environment strings: BROWSER= EMAIL= Distribution on PD libraries is allowed. Manufacturers of CDs should drop me a mail before publishing this program... Any changes to the program are forbidden. The distribution shouldn't be changed - don't remove or add files! ----------- Eliza is programmed with the new GEM application builder Face Value. Columbus Software distribute this program. ------------ Other fine programs: HomePage Penguin - The easy way to create your own homepage. HTML-Help - Useful Internet utility. Tabi! - ASCII-to-HTML table converter. Alta Lista - Catalogues HTML pages, images and sound files. Enhanced Character Interpreter - gag program. Dr. Who Quiz - 256 colour quiz game with mod sound about the longest running Sci-Fi series of all times! Project X - the typical project X: top secret! ... and many more! ------------ mjaap@hsw.ifl.uni-hamburg.de http://www.hh.schule.de/hhs/mjaap/programe.htm Matthias Jaap, January 26, 1998