Mac 512K talks to Siri, requests software.

[napabar]

This is a follow up video to my previous experiment where I dictated an email to Siri that was sent to a Mac 512K.

In the new video, the Mac 512K itself talks to Siri, and requests directory listings and software to be downloaded to it.


http://youtu.be/bD-30wZw81I



Niles

 

[MacTech68]

I'm amazed that siri understands ye olde macspeech!

Love it!

Hearing the sound of the old keyboard takes me back to another time.

Shame macspeech isn't scriptable, but I wonder what the 512K can do next?

 

[RedElectro]

I enjoyed that.

Now to find a way to get my 128 to speak!!

 

[seveej]

I really wish Siri would be able to do something else than just answer questions. Having a "real" dialogue between two computers would be hilarious...

RGDS,

 

[napabar]

I enjoyed that.

Now to find a way to get my 128 to speak!!

The Mac 128K can use the speak program too!

 

[David Schmidt]

I really wish Siri would be able to do something else than just answer questions. Having a "real" dialogue between two computers would be hilarious...

Hook her up to Eliza...

 

[seveej]

Hook her up to Eliza...

Man! Is Eliza still around? Crazy. I actually had to force myself to stop "talking" with "her".

I first met Eliza back in the eighties, so this was a trip down memory lane...

Thanks, and
RGDS,

 

[RedElectro]

The Mac 128K can use the speak program too!

Yeah... I did see that in the original Steve Jobs launch of the Mac.

I don't think I have the Speak Program - Need to sort that!

By the way... does anyone else find this slightly eerie? The way Siri responds to the Mac in a really efficient tone - it's fascinating the leaps in technology and very evident in your video. Well done this is great.

Thanks

 

[MacTech68]

Regarding making a 128K Mac speak, I ran across this archived developer technote which made for some interesting historical info regarding MacinTalk:

http://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/#technotes/pt/pt_22.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10002676