3 Nov
2005
3 Nov
'05
5:12 p.m.
>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Guzis
<cclist at sydex.com> writes:
> Sure was. 600 timesharing terminals on a pair of
10 MHz
> processors is pretty slick. (Come to think of it, over 9000
> timesharing terminals on a single Alpha-based descendant of that
> system is mighty impressive, too.)
Chuck> Wasn't the standard Plato hookup 2000 baud? My last exposure
Chuck> to the terminals was back when they still had plasma screens.
Chuck> Very cool, those--I wonder if there are any still around.
1200 baud, but the output encoding was such that the best case text
plotting speed was 180 characters per second.
Yes, there are still some working PLATO plasma panel terminals
around. And for that matter there are still working PLATO systems
around (one "real" and one running on an emulator).
paul