[alicebot-general] alice on ROM_cool

[freber at gmail.com]

Hmm... "Commandor 64"? Surely you don't mean Commodore 64? That had a
MOS Technology 6510 microprocessor which is an 8 bit processor
typically run a 1MHz. The "64" in the name indicates the number of
kilobytes of RAM the machine had.

Oh my, this brings me back... ;)


On 18/08/06, danieljackson at netzero.net <danieljackson at netzero.net> wrote:
> Shahin & Dr. Wallace
>
>   "Refering to Shahin's comment on picking a project and getting it
> done and Dr. Wallace's comment on a cheap chip to make a talking toy."
>
>   I would say that the Intel 8080 Series of IC's or microprocessors
> seem then to be the place to start.  There are currently numerous
> models and many of them under $10 a piece and then cheaper by the 100's.
>
>   There are pre-existing programs to upload up on these chips to get
> them programmed and I can see that the Java Virtual Machine has only a
> few mega bytes in some version, and so, it might then be added as the
> platform to a chip written in C Basic or C+?  {I would have to study
> the possiblities first.}  I could look around the Internet for files to
> use with the Intel line of chips.  I think the most complex chip was
> used in things like the "Commador 64" and hence is a 64 bit machine.
> All of these chips are still in production, since they are used in
> other kinds of machines today from industrial robots to ham radios.  {I
> make it sound simple but I really know it isn't this simple.  Yet,
> there should be a world of people to take advise from on this idea.}
>
>  Shahin is right on the matter requiring only a few months of study and
> research.
>
>   I realize I said some things theoretical about what might be some
> day.  I know Alice is more of a converstation immitation device but
> with some learning ability; from what I understand.
>
>   I have had more than my share of words here so, Good Luck with Alice
> and her possibities!  If something occurs here down the road in this
> regards I will let you know.
>
> Daniel
>
>
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