19 Oct
2000
19 Oct
'00
1:49 p.m.
Now I never the saw the hardware running Plato. I only know that it used
a CDC cyber. So I am thinking...
What are my chances of fiding one?
And the plato software? (slim I guess...)
Check out http://thinkofit.com/plato/dwplato.htm
I think many if not most CDC Cybers were rented, so probably went
back to CDC for disposal. We Ran NOS and NOS/VE operating systems
at the University of Minnesota for a long time, and MECC had a
smaller Cyber to run all the terminals spread across the state
of Minnesota (High Schools). The MECC system was a major multi-user
gaming system ;)
I only saw real Plato once, from the CDC headquarters in downtown
Minneapolis. And Avatar was awesome for its time. Heck, it would
still be awesome today. Text-based Mud's havent died yet...
I have one old Plato terminal, one of these days i need to figure
out how to hook it up properly...
-Lawrence LeMay