*+*+¢ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE¢ WITH THE ATARI 8Bit.¢ Submitted by Jim Cutler¢ LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, 14th May 1993.¢ Printed by OL' HACKERS A.U.G.¢ -----------------------¢¢ AT FIRST¢¢ ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE, (known¢ hereafter as AI) in the early days of¢ computers belonged mostly to the¢ world of the GIANT Main Frames.¢ However,the language created to ¢ address the problems of Artificial¢ Intelligence known as LISP-(an ¢ acronym for LISt Processing)-is¢ available for your 8-bit. You didn't¢ know that, did you?¢¢ THE ANSWER¢¢ In its simplest form List¢ Processing can be found in ATARI¢ LOGO. This is an LCSI version of¢ LOGO,but ATARI marketed their¢ cartridge placing most emphasis on¢ Turtle Graphics..Great fun for¢ youngsters in the Six to Ninety age¢ range, since the little screen Turtle¢ obeys input from the keyboard, such¢ as right 40, left 40, back 10,¢ forward 10 etc.¢¢ LOGO, IT HAS UNEXPECTED POWERS¢¢ LCSI Logo includes a fairly¢ powerful List Processing capability,¢ therefore, if you have LOGO you can ¢ begin AI using LOGO as your¢ introduction.¢¢ A STRONG LISP¢¢ The major implementation of LISP¢ is to be found in INTERLISP/65 from¢ ANTIC**THE CATALOG** and here you ¢ have a Powerful LISP¢ interpreter,sample programs, a Lisp¢ Calculator and full documentation.¢¢ A NEW EXPERIENCE¢¢ If you are looking for something¢ quite different as an ATARI¢ Programming language then try LOGO or¢ LISP. It will help if you CAN BEG,¢ BORROW or, (gasp) even BUY a simple¢ introduction to LISP since the docs¢ supplied are a little on the¢ technical side.¢¢ =<>=<>=
