A love story for computers
A few years ago A.R.T.H.U.R. - the Automatic Record Tabulator but Heuristically Unreliable Reasoner - read some of his poems on the air. Recently, a new burst of creativity has been prompted by his encounter with the Modular Real-Time Harmonic Activator - familiarly known as M.A.R.T.H.A.).
Laurence Lerner, who has had access to the printouts, tells the story.
A.R.T.H.U.R....SIMON JONES
M.A.R.T.H.A.
ROSALIND KNIGHT
Producer FRASER STEEL
BBC Manchester