PILOT(ID:341/pil008)

Computer aided instruction language 

Programmed Inquiry, Learning, Or Teaching

U. of Cal. at San Francisco 1968 Atari PILOT

CAI language, many versions.


Related languages
PILOT => C-Pilot   Implementation
PILOT => GNOSIS-II   Preprocessor for
PILOT => LHC-PILOT   Augmentation of
PILOT => NCR Pilot II   Evolution
PILOT => PC/Pilot   Port
PILOT => Pilot Plus   Dialect of
PILOT => PILOT-73   Evolution of
PILOT => PNOSIS   Preprocessor for
PILOT => RAP   Extension of
PILOT => Superpilot   Commercialisation of
References:
  • Zinn, Karl L. "Programming conversational use of computers for instruction" view details
          in Morrell, A. J. H. (Ed.): Information Processing 68, Proceedings of IFIP Congress 1968, Edinburgh, UK, 5-10 August 1968 view details
  • Starkweather, John A. "A Common Language for a Variety of Conversational Programming Needs," in Readings in Computer-Assisted Instruction, ed. by H. A. Wilson and R. C. Atkinson, New York: Academic Press, 1969, pp. 269 ff. view details
          in Morrell, A. J. H. (Ed.): Information Processing 68, Proceedings of IFIP Congress 1968, Edinburgh, UK, 5-10 August 1968 view details
  • Sammet, Jean E. "Roster of Programming Languages for 1973" p147 view details
          in ACM Computing Reviews 15(04) April 1974 view details
  • John A. Starkweather, "Source Code for 8080 PILOT, version 1.1," Dr. Dobb's Journal, 2,5 (May 1977) view details
          in ACM Computing Reviews 15(04) April 1974 view details
  • Starkweather, J A "Guide to 8080 PILOT", version 1.1 [Final Report] 1977 view details Abstract: A programming system for controlling interactive conversion is described. It is used as an authoring language for computer-assisted instruction, was first developed at U.C. San Francisco, and is implemented on a variety of large and small computers. Operating procedures for a version of Pilot that will run on computers using the Intel 8080 microprocessor are included. It is an interpreter written in assembly language that requires less than 4K bytes of memory for the interpreter code.
          in ACM Computing Reviews 15(04) April 1974 view details
  • Starkweather, John "Guide to 8080 PILOT", Dr Dobb's Journal (Apr 1977). view details
          in ACM Computing Reviews 15(04) April 1974 view details
  • Yob, G. "PILOT" Creating Computing 3, (May/June 1977), 57-63. view details
          in ACM Computing Reviews 15(04) April 1974 view details
  • Sammet, Jean E "Roster of programming languages for 1976-77" pp56-85 view details
          in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11) Nov 1978 view details
  • Forrey AW, Metcalf RW, Karkeck J, Buergel N, Matthys C, Fraser CW. "Implementation of attractive dialogues in nutritive analysis and clinical dietetics information systems" Med Inform (Lond). 1980 Oct-Dec;5(4) pp253-66 view details Abstract: The implementation and evaluation of a system providing both extensive nutritive-analysis calculations and interactive capabilities are described. The extensive calculating ability of the system arose from the historic need for nutrient intake estimates in clinical investigation and nutritional research. The availability of computer-aided instruction (CAI) system software lead to adoption of the interactive style originating at Ohio State University. Capabilities evolved into an extended interactive processor utilizing an extensive data-base. The interactive processor functions either directly, for immediate response, or as a preprocessor for the more extensive processing system. Use of this capability by a dietetics consortium in the Pacific North-west has lead to definitions of effective and desirable styles of interaction by dietitians with a food and nutrient data-base. Hosting the PILOT CAI language with a high-level language, SAIL, allowed convenient and flexible dialogue creation as well as computational power. The central data-base was restructured on two occasions to accommodate the required characteristics for foods and their nutrients. The lack of interfaces between medical-information packages, and between languages, presently limits the growth of this system into a fully integrated component of the health-care information domain.
          in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11) Nov 1978 view details
  • Hawkins, Randy "PILOT - The Language of Computer-Aided Instruction," Microcomputing, July, 1981 view details
          in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11) Nov 1978 view details
  • N P Merrick and R M Braude "Computer-assisted instruction in a health sciences library: an experimental project." Bull Med Libr Assoc 69(1) January 1981; pp21?25. view details Abstract: The Leon S. McGoogan Library of Medicine at the University of Nebraska received a grant from the University of Nebraska Computer Network to study management aspects of providing computer-assisted instruction (CAI) resources. The library wished to determine: (1) faculty and student receptiveness to CAI as a library resource and (2) user response to CAI library services. A user questionnaire was designed to ascertain the appropriateness of initial management decisions regarding CAI access. The methodology employed in implementing this pilot project, the results of the questionnaire, and the future of CAI at the University of Nebraska are addressed in this paper.
    External link: Online copy
          in SIGPLAN Notices 13(11) Nov 1978 view details
  • Kearsley, Greg "Authoring systems in computer based education" view details
          in [ACM] CACM 25(07) July 1982 view details
  • Barker, P. & Singh, R. (1983). A Practical Introduction to Authoring for Computer Assisted Instruction Part 2: PILOT. British Journal of Educational Technology, 14(3), 174-200. view details
          in [ACM] CACM 25(07) July 1982 view details
  • Conlan, Jim, Deliman, Tracy "Atari Pilot for Beginners" Reston, Virginia: Reston Publishing Company Inc, 1983 view details
          in [ACM] CACM 25(07) July 1982 view details
  • Conlon, Tom "PILOT: The Language and How to Use It, Including Apple PILOT and SuperPILOT" Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.: Prentice-Hall International. 1984 view details
          in [ACM] CACM 25(07) July 1982 view details
  • Starkweather J "A user's guide to PILOT" Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall 1985 view details
          in [ACM] CACM 25(07) July 1982 view details
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings P54 view details
          in [ACM] CACM 25(07) July 1982 view details
    Resources
    • RPilot page at SourceForge
      external link
    • Taylor PILOT incl source

      "
    • IEEE Pilot (includes review)

      "