19 Sep
2011
19 Sep
'11
12:04 a.m.
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Jim Brain <brain at jbrain.com> wrote:
This reminds me, when I was attending UIUC in 89-93,
PLATO was still in use,
and someone (not sure who) had created a PLATO emulator for the C64. ?It did
everything, as I recall, and connected to the PLATO system using the UIUC
dialup network (333-something, but time has erased it from memory... You
could access all of the machines from that dialup system) ?It used 1200 bps
as I recall, and worked well.
Sadly, I cannot find the disk with the SW any more. ?I wish I could, as I
think the PLATO archivers would want a copy. ?I don't know if other 8-bit
machines had ports of the emu.
Wow...I have never heard of this. Would love to find a copy as well.
It did exist for some 8-bit systems, as I have the PLATO cartridge for
the Atari 400/800 series. Have never tried it out :( I'd bet that if
one had the necessary serial adapters on the Atari, one could hook up
to Cyber1 with it. That would be a real hoot.
Way cool that you were at UIUC at the same time I (briefly) was. I
dialed into the dorms (remember what the terminal servers were named
after?) with my Amiga 500. Somewhere in the vast stacks, I have the
"Computing at UIUC" book given out to students from the CSO. It
probably lists those dial-in numbers, along with many artifacts of
early-90s computing. I'll scan it if I ever find it...
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jht