Robert J. Deutsch 1152 N. 14th St. Allentown, PA 18102 (610) 434-0723 TROUBLE TRAMPER AI PROBLEM SOLVER V1.0 The Trouble Tramper was originally concieved as an AI computer-assisted trouble shooting tool for computer programming and engineering. With new added enhancements, this utility has been greatly altered to meet the needs of a wide variety of problems far beyond computers and engineering and is now capable of assisting problems of virtually any nature ranging from business applications to teaching to personal problems, using a super user-friendly, plain english interface. The Trouble Tramper AI program does not claim to solve all problems, but acts rather as a thought organizer and suggestion-maker. It's various inputs and outputs and the uncanny methods by which it refers to your inputs can indeed assist you in reaching new trains of thought that otherwise might have eluded you. TT takes an objective approach by assimilatiing more and more data per session. Business administrators, professionals and teachers will find this tool very useful, as will the home computer user. It organizes thoughts and ideas much as if you were speaking with someone through the media of keyboard and screen, through a series of questions and answers which you direct. The file TRAMPER1.EXE begins the program. You begin a session by entering your name, or a psuedonym of the problem at hand. Some examples might be DAVE, MYCAR1, WORKPRB2, SALLY5 and the like. This becomes your 'name' for the session, and a separate file will be kept for each name, allowing Trouble Tramper to handle a wide variety of troubles on separate files. Trouble Tramper is very easy to use. When you begin a session simply type in several sentences related to the problem. You may enter up to twenty words per input, pressing ENTER to get the response. Contractions should be avoided, for example use I AM instead of I'M, or YOU ARE in lieu of YOU'RE. This helps TT keep track of the many paths it stores. When beginning a new problem file, it is suggested to enter at least five inputs before asking questions to give TT a base from which to start. In subsequent sessions, entering the same file name asked at the beginning will resume the exchange on that problem. Trouble Tramper will not forget your problems! As you continue to chat, Tramper becomes smarter and smarter, with the suggestions deeper and richer. If you are running it from windows, you can fire it up from the FILE MANAGER by double-clicking the file TRAMPER1.EXE You could also create a new program item in any group you like. There's little limit to how much it can learn. To end a session, simply type BYE. * * * Thank you for evaluating the shareware version of Trouble Tramper. If you have found this program useful you may register for the full-blown Trouble Tramper II for only $19 (nineteen) dollars which uses an AI engine twice as large and removes the shareware notice on quitting. And yes, Tramper II will be able to use any files you have already made with this lite version. Thank you for supporting the shareware concept. You may mail your registration of $19 check or money order to: Robert J. Deutsch 1152 N. 14th St. Allentown, Pa. 18102 If you have any questions concerning the program or suggestions, feel free to write or call me at: (610) 434-0723 *** Special offer for Developers *** If you are interested in experimenting with the stastical algorythm Trouble Tramper uses, Tramper II plus the source code can be ordered for $34.99 Thank you, and here's to wishing all your problems solved! -Robert J. Deutsch