10 May
2007
10 May
'07
10:39 p.m.
In article <4643317B.9243.19CDE5C at cclist.sydex.com>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
On 10 May 2007 at 15:16, Richard wrote:
Whatever. I'm not claiming that PLATO invented these things but
considering I never heard of an Intercom 200 terminal or SCOPE, but I
had actively used PLATO in a large heterogeneous computing environment
and PLATO was the only system to have chat and discussion forums, I'd
consider it to have had a significant impact. Judging by the PLATO
fan sites online I'd have to say that I'm not alone, either.
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The messaging areas and chat were part of the
instructional
environment. You could take the lessons, but you could also
participate in the discussions with the instructor and other students.
If I were seated at an Intercom 200 terminal years before Plato, I
could chat with any other Intercom user (at least under SCOPE). Chat
was nothing new at all and certainly wasn't unique to CDC.