Talk:MAD-1

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 08:22, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that Mad Computers' MAD-1 ran Mad MS-DOS? Source: "The Mad-1 comes with a version of MS-DOS called, appropriately enough, Mad MS-DOS".
  • ALT1: ... that Mad Computers' MAD-1 had only one expansion slot, requiring users buy a separate expansion module if they wanted more? Source: "Another extra from Mad Computer is an expansion module with four slots for plug-in expansion boards".
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Created by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 00:37, 28 January 2023 (UTC). Note: As of October 2022, all changes made to promoted hooks will be logged by a bot. The log for this nomination can be found at Template talk:Did you know nominations/MAD-1, so please watch a successfully closed nomination until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• New enough, created January 21. Long enough, at 4937 characters. QPQ done.
• Sources are mostly good. Refs 2,12, 17, `9, 21 send you to a Gale page. Could you either make them accessible or remove the links?
• Both hooks are good, although I prefer ALT1 because the first hook seems obvious. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 22:54, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
  • I am not aware of a way to clip Gale articles for public access as you can do with Newspapers.com. I don't want to remove the links entirely (as someone with a subscription from, say, their college or the Wikipedia Library can feasibly access them and verify the contents) so I put {{subscription required}} templates next to the references instead. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:27, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm okay with your explanation and your solution because access is important, although many readers don't have access to a university library. For some articles, it's okay if they don't have a link, especially if their sources are books. It's fine for this type of article to include the Gale links, so no problem. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 16:52, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm good to go with this nom, everything looks good. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 19:21, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Christine (Figureskatingfan), if you wish to actually approve this nomination, you need to indicate this with the appropriate icon—no review is complete without an icon (please see the area above the edit window for valid icons). Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:11, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Oops, sorry about that. Here ya go: Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:51, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Benefit from Article and Link to MAD Intelligent Systems

The article would benefit from a short description of the expert systems built by MAD Intelligent Systems (ending paragraph), which used part of the MAD-1 architectural concepts for a computer designated MAD-3. This would be relevant given the emergence of AI as a widely used tool in the mid 2020's. I worked briefly with MAD and will try to collect documents to create an addition to this article, or a separate article focused on MAD Intelligent Systems. SciTechWrite (talk) 02:58, 15 July 2026 (UTC)