[comp.ai.neural-nets] PDP BackProp program - problems

fc174103@seas.gwu.edu (Burr) (11/24/90)

I'm trying to use the backprop program that came with the PDP
books (by Rumelhart & McClelland), to train a network to recognize
digits 0 thru 9.  I've done my best to set up the network, template,
pattern and startup files correctly but the program just hangs when
I invoke the training commands (i.e., ptrain or strain).  There are
no error or information messages given.

I've also tried unsuccessfully to recompile the PDP programs with
Microsoft C version 6.0.  If you have done this successfully and have
some helpful hints I would greatly appreciate the info.

Thanks much.