Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark Adolph) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: Gigantor, and Dark Shadows Message-ID: <497@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 20:11:06 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.497 Posted: Thu Mar 7 20:11:06 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 07:12:54 EST References: <197@moncol.UUCP>, <1750005@acf4.UUCP> <510@hou2a.UUCP> <949@ihuxb.UUCP> <628@pyuxd.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 17 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** > First, a correction. Gigantor was controlled by a remote control with two > levers, not one as previously mentioned. I seem to recall that Gigantor had one lever and a similar looking nob from which the controlling radio waves emitted. Did you ever notice, however, that the boy always shouted what he wanted Gigantor to do while frantically pumping the lever? I'd like to suggest that this was the first example of an artificially intelligent, voice recognition system. The box was probably just a radio with a special signal scrambling unit. What a technological accomplishment! -- Mark A. ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph "When a fly lands on the ceiling, does it do a half roll or a half loop?"