On 2025-01-21 07:11, Robert Elz via tz wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:42:55 -0500, Brooks Harris wrote: | Has anyone asked ELIZA what time it is? Why do you want to know what time it is?

From article sessions transcript in Appendix A: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.06707#page=17 it looks like the emulated 7094 or CTSS time is 19?/20?14-01-08 ~19:15-19:21, and the previous login was Xmas Eve the *SAME* year 19?/20?14-12-24 ~00:48? % telnet 0 7094 [CTSS is listening to local port 7094.] Trying 0.0.0.0... Connected to 0. Escape character is ’^]’. s709 2.4.1 COMM tty0 (KSR-37) from 127.0.0.1 MIT8C0: 1 USER AT 01/08/14 1915.8, MAX = 30 READY. login eliza W 1915.9 Password YOU HAVE 10L SAVED M1416 10 LOGGED IN 01/08/14 1915.9 FROM 700000 LAST LOGOUT WAS 12/24/14 048.6 FROM 700000 HOME FILE DIRECTORY IS M1416 ELIZA THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTED CTSS SYSTEM. IT IS A DEBUG AND NOT FULLY FUNCTIONAL VERSION. CTSS BEING USED IS: MIT8C0 R .016+.000 r eliza W 1921.6 EXECUTION. W From other articles, it appears to respond to input with W[ait?] and the time, and when the program has completed with R[eady?] and CPU minutes used? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry