NOTE: Due to a bug in Medley's PROP command I had to split out Units into a new file. I'll add them back together when the bug is fixed.

With the release of Doug Lenat's archive on Saildart, White_Flame and aindilis discovered the source code of both AM and EURISKO. After some work I got EURISKO up and running on Medley Interlisp.

• Install Medley Interlisp

• Open an Interlisp Exec by hold right-clicking on the background and releasing on "Interlisp" in the EXEC sub-menu.

• Change to the directory where you downloaded EURISKO

cd /home/foo/EURISKO/

• Compile (type 'n' to any questions it asks)

(TCOMPL 'EUR)

• Load and run

(LOAD 'EUR.LCOM)
(Eurisko)

Surprisingly, it includes bitmap graphics support (made for the Xerox Alto!) that shows information about the current state of the system. I was able to port the code over to Medley which you can enable by running (Snazzy) after loading.

Eurisko accepts an argument that sets how verbose the output should be. (Eurisko 0) for no output and (Eurisko 100) everything. The default value is 67.

You can interrupt a Medley process at anytime with CTRL-D

Another useful tip is that you can disable the Medley page hold, that asks for confirmation to continue on a full window of text output, by running (PAGEHEIGHT 0). Note that this value is reset when you reshape the window.

I'll get back to you on that one...