3 Feb
2007
3 Feb
'07
12:46 p.m.
Atari's "The Learning Phone" used any of the same dial-in numbers that
any other Plato client equipped PC used, so the protocol would've been
the same. I will dig around, I actually have the source code fully
commented for either the Plato Learning Phone or the Chemical Bank
"Pronto" service for the Atari, I need to check.
Atari's used their Graphics 8 mode (320 X 192) to create the line
drawings and animation. I remember logging in for the first time in
84 or 85 and just floored by being connected to a service with full
animation (well past the atascii {Atari Ascii}and ANSI animations of the
time.) Meanwhile the only comparison was Compuserve which was purely
text and using various bulletin boards, so Plato was just astounding to
see on the screen and I was still on a Hayes 300 at the time and speed
and response was superb on the screen given how long it took to fill a
text based menu on the screen from a BBS or to get a fresh screen of
Telenguard on Compuserve.
Curt
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 3 Feb 2007 at 10:33, Richard wrote:
> tinker around a bit here in the office and
make a gateway and see if I
> can null modem over to a PC from my Atari and and have the PC pipe the
> stream down through the null modem connection to the Atari, worth a shot.
>
I know I've got a diskette around here sent to me by someone at CDI
that runs Plato on a CGA-equipped 5150. Does this use the same
interface or is the Atari version quite different?
Cheers,
Chuck