Schumann Computer, The

Publication date: 
1979-01
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
Destinies, Jan-Feb 1979, edited by James Baen
Opus No.: 
109
Setting: 
Draco Tavern
I.U.C.: 
D.T. 04
Characters: 
Rick Schumann
Summary: 

Rick Schumann, proprieter of the Draco Tavern, is given the plans to a self-aware supercomputer by an alien who may or may not be playing a practical joke on him...

Notes: 

Draco Tavern discussion of artificial intelligence

Reprints: 

French anthology, paper, Univers 1980, as "Le Chirpsithra," J'ai Lu;
Convergent Series
Draco Tavern, The
Niven's Laws