30 Jan
2006
30 Jan
'06
5:49 p.m.
On 1/30/2006 at 6:21 PM Richard wrote:
OK, now I know there are some mainframe freaks out
there on this list
:-), but I would be absolutely flabbergasted if someone had a working
CDC mainframe running PLATO!
However, I figure there is still a small chance that someone has a
PLATO terminal? These were Z80-based, IIRC, had plasma screen
displays at first, and later had raster displays. They were *heavy*
and if I recall correctly they had a card cage on top of which sat the
monitor. They also had a funky PLATO specific keyboard.
IIRC, there's still a Cyber down in Texas running the Plato software. At
least it was a few months ago. If
Are you certain that the earliest plasma versions used a Z80? It seems to
me that they preceded the Z80.
Cheers,
Chuck