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There was an old text generator program from the 80s called "Travesty": https://www.macintoshrepository.org/50200-travesty https://www.macintoshrepository.org/
by card_zero 2y ago
There was an old text generator program from the 80s called "Travesty":
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/50200-travesty https://www.macintoshrepository.org/50200-travesty
That's basically all ChatGPT is being used for here, so I think it's OK. It's not like a fake user, or "I ran the question through the chatbot and now I'll show you the output because I have no idea myself".
- lampiaio 2y agoHoly wow just yesterday I was toying with Travesty. I had no idea it existed back then and only found it recently when I went page by page through Macintosh Garden's whole database, so it's great to see someone mention it!
- card_zero 2y agoSource (or source of an earlier version at least), in BASIC: https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_10-07_1985-07_Computers_and_Space/BYTE%20Vol%2010-07%201985-07%20Computers%20and%20Space/page/n180/mode/1up?q=+travesty https://archive.org/details/BYTE_Vol_10-07_1985-07_Computers... I couldn't find the Nov 1984 Pascal version, but like they say, Basic is easier for working with strings.
- CamperBob2 2y agoThat's basically all ChatGPT is being used for here, so I think it's OK. Don't bother arguing, it's a religious thing at this point.