Path: ccw.ch!elna.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.clark.net!207.20.0.50!peerfeed.ncal.verio.net!news.ncal.verio.com!not-for-mail From: Jim Stewart Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Whatever happened to "Fifth Generation" Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:00:56 -0700 Organization: http://www.jkmicro.com Lines: 8 Message-ID: <3548A038.A12BDCE8@jkmicro.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mackenzie.dsp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Isn't the rollout of the much touted "Fifth Generation" of computer technology from Japan a couple years overdue? A net search on the subject turned up very little solid information. Does anyone know whether the project was formally abandoned or just fizzled into nothing? Jim ###### Path: ccw.ch!elna.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news.idt.net!woodstock.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!rkdltd.demon.co.uk!zen!rich From: R!ch Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Whatever happened to "Fifth Generation" Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 21:58:58 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3548A038.A12BDCE8@jkmicro.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rkdltd.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: rkdltd.demon.co.uk:194.222.45.218 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 893970352 nnrp-01:27509 NO-IDENT rkdltd.demon.co.uk:194.222.45.218 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Sender: rich@zen To: Jim Stewart In-Reply-To: <3548A038.A12BDCE8@jkmicro.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Lines: 31 On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Jim Stewart wrote: > Isn't the rollout of the much touted "Fifth Generation" of computer > technology from Japan a couple years overdue? Most interest in furthering the state of the computing art was lost when M$ muscled their way to the "top". These days, everyone thinks they're happy with an "OS" that crashes, so they're not concerned with advancing computers. "Hey, wow, that 5th Generation computer of your is really powerful! What Intel processor is it based on?" "None, it's based on a real processor" "Oh, OK, does in run Winduhs 95?" "No, it runs a real OS" "Oh... Hey look, my peecee has crashed again!" -- R!ch Teer If it ain't analogue, it ain't music. Richard Teer richard.teer@rkdltd.demon.co.uk Risc Key Developments Ltd Voice: +44 (0)1256 330612 WWW: www.rkdltd.demon.co.uk ###### Path: ccw.ch!usenet From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Whatever happened to "Fifth Generation" Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 22:13:55 +0200 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 13 Message-ID: <354A2D03.BF79A751@ccw.ch.remove> References: <3548A038.A12BDCE8@jkmicro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.27 i486) Jim Stewart wrote: > > Does anyone know whether the project was formally abandoned or just > fizzled into nothing? I remember dimly (this was a few years ago) reading in an magazine (c't?) that the fifth generation project has been officially abandonned and that one could order from MITI a tape with what ever had come to be. -- private: Neil.Franklin@ccw.ch.remove http://www.ccw.ch/Neil.Franklin/ office: franklin@arch.ethz.ch.remove http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/~franklin/ Lawyers are killing society, perhaps we should return the favour. ###### Path: ccw.ch!elna.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!feed1.news.luth.se!luth.se!feed2.news.erols.com!erols!WCG!nntp.inc.net!news.inc.net!cs!kanecki From: kanecki@cs.uwp.edu (David Kanecki) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Whatever happened to "Fifth Generation" Date: 1 May 1998 22:30:06 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside Lines: 5 Message-ID: <6idide$9iv$1@news.inc.net> References: <3548A038.A12BDCE8@jkmicro.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.uwp.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I was wondering about that too. Also, what about the sixth generation. As I remember from "Nature" article it started about 1992.