[Info-vax] ChatGPT solved it for me, again...

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/16/2023 10:29 AM, Hans Bachner wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj schrieb am 15.02.2023 um 00:54:
>> On 2/14/2023 5:44 PM, Slo wrote:
>>> I have these two boxes, but was never sure about this, so I asked
>>> ChatGPT for help. I took apart the PWS 500au simply because of
>>> lack of space -- it works perfectly! I don't know what to do
>>> with the parts, but would like to at least reuse the power supply, 
>>> hence:
>>>
>>> Me:
>>> Can the power supply from DIGITAL Personal Workstation 500au used in 
>>> AlphaStation XP1000
>>>
>>> ChatGPT:
>>> The Digital Personal Workstation 500au and the AlphaStation XP1000 
>>> are from
>>> different generations of Digital/Compaq/HP workstations, and they have
>>> different power supply requirements.
>>> The Digital Personal Workstation 500au uses a 200-watt power supply, 
>>> while
>>> the AlphaStation XP1000 uses a 700-watt power supply. [...]
>>
>> Did it?
>>
>> https://www.williamstein.org/people/buhler/JPB/tech-specs.pdf
>> says that a 500au got a 300W power supply
>>
>> https://www.manualslib.com/manual/711131/Compaq-Alphastation-Xp1000.html
>> says that XP1000 has a 400W power supply
>>
>> I am not a HW guy but those references saying 300W and 400W
>> look pretty credible.
>>
>> I would love to know where ChatGPT got the 200W and 70)W from.

> The QuickSpecs of the XP1000 (V22 dated 31-Dec-2001, from "HPE Product 
> Bulletins") say:
> 
>> AlphaStation XP1000 Systems include:

>> 400W power supply             <<<==================

> The SOC (Systems and Options Catalog) for the "Compaq DPW Enhanced 
> a-Series & au-Series V4.0 
 6 January 2000" says:

>> Short tower enclosure with

>> -
   300 W power supply             <<<==================

> This is the most "official" data I found.

Yep.

The ChatGPT answer was just wrong.

I cannot provide any artificial intelligence, but
here is something (I intended to post this earlier
in this thread):

$ run ArtificialStupidity
Utility to check power supply compatibility.
Enter name of system #1: 500au
Enter name of system #2: XP1000
500au and XP1000 cannot use the same power supply as they use 200 and 
850 watt

$ typ ArtificialStupidity.pas
program artificialstupidity(input,output);

type
    pstr = varying [255] of char;

function get_wattage(sys : pstr) : integer;

begin
    get_wattage := (trunc(random * 1000000) mod 20) * 50 + 200;
end;

var
    sys1, sys2 : pstr;
    watt1, watt2 : integer;

begin
    seed(clock);
    writeln('Utility to check power supply compatibility.');
    write('Enter name of system #1: ');
    readln(sys1);
    write('Enter name of system #2: ');
    readln(sys2);
    watt1 := get_wattage(sys1);
    watt2 := get_wattage(sys2);
    if watt1 = watt2 then begin
       writeln(sys1, ' and ', sys2, ' can use the same power supply (', 
watt1:1, ' watt)');
    end else begin
       writeln(sys1, ' and ', sys2, ' cannot use the same power supply 
as they use ', watt1:1, ' and ', watt2:1, ' watt');
    end;
end.

:-)

Arne