AmstradGpt

Get your Amstrad CPC to talk to ChatGPT via a USB to RS232 serial cable.

Getting started

• Invent the universe
• Open a time portal to 1985.
• Alternatively, buy an Amstrad CPC on ebay.
• Get a USB to RS232 cable. e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QUZY4UG?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
• gem install amstrad_gpt
• Plug your Amstrad into your Mac with your cable.
• Find the tty id

ls /dev/tty.*

amstrad_gpt run --tty /dev/tty.<your_tty> --api-key <open_ai_api_key>

in your Amstrad at the ready prompt

Amstrad 64K Microcomputer <v1>
©1984 Amstrad Consumer Electronics plc
          and Locomotive Software Ltd.
BASIC 1.0
Ready

type in

10 MODE 1
15 PRINT "Enter your question then press [Enter] three times"
20 OPENIN "#2"
30 WHILE NOT EOF(2)
40   A$ = INPUT$(1,#2)
50   PRINT A$;
60 WEND
70 CLOSEIN #2

RUN

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/markburns/amstrad_gpt.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.