11 Jul
2023
11 Jul
'23
8:19 a.m.
On Jul 11, 2023, at 11:11 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Coincidentally I am doing research into this topic and here is a great
article that you all would find on topic to this discussion
https://www.vintagecomputer.net/CISC367/creative%20computing%20mar-apr%2019…
Wow, that's a truly uncivilized piece of work. He describes at some length how PLATO
was used for this, without ever naming, let alone crediting, Sherwin Gooch as the inventor
of that "four voice synthesizer". That's a GSW he's referring to.
I have one of the U of Delaware Plato Synths
btw...working to get it
running eventually. Just need a Plato or a way to emulate it.
PLATO is available, and the one described at cyber1.org has GSW software and a terminal
emulator that includes GSW emulation. It wouldn't be all that hard to take that
emulator and connect it to an actual GSW (and I'd be interested in hearing side by
side comparison of the emulator and the real thing.
Apart from that, you can of course create your own driver software for one of those, since
it's all documented in the patent and/or the online documentation on PLATO.
paul