The author then explains how he wrote a client-side program in BASIC and a server-side program in Python, hosted on an AWS EC2 server, to pass text queries from the TRS-80 to the OpenAI server and return the responses. After making some modifications to the BASIC program, the author was able to successfully interact with ChatGPT on his TRS-80, fulfilling his childhood dream. The article concludes with a link to a video demonstrating the final working system.
Key takeaways:
- The author restored a TRS-80 Model III computer from 1981 and connected it to the internet to interact with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
- The restoration process involved cleaning and repairing the keyboard, and installing a FreHD module to emulate a hard drive.
- The author used a TRS-IO device to connect the TRS-80 to the internet and interact with OpenAI's ChatGPT, overcoming challenges related to the computer's age and limitations.
- The final system allowed the author to interact with ChatGPT on the TRS-80, fulfilling a childhood dream of having an intelligent conversation with a computer.