29 Jan
1999
29 Jan
'99
2:15 p.m.
Lawrence LeMay wrote:
Are you sure about that? This appears to be just a terminal. I think I
saw what you're describing once, using a newer plato terminal (those
had green screen touch terminals). This is a much older terminal, with
a white display and if the touch screen has any color to it, i would
have to describe it as metallic/silver.
The monitor says this on the back:
IST/MET Display
Equip ID: CC115A Series code 03
part # 15629780 Serial Number 2018
-Lawrence LeMay
Well, i figured it was about time I took my terminal out of the closet and
tried to get it to work again. Well, the good news is it still appears
to be working.
This beast is a Control Data Corporation Plato terminal. As far as I know,
its the original model of plato terminal.
--snip--
Plato as a project evolved through many stages; when CDC jumped in
they began by providing courseware through Cybernet and other
hosts using a terminal designed around a plasma display screen which
allowed rear-projection of slides and other overlays. The terminal
had no intelligence.
The machine you describe was a later-stage micro-based implementation
which ran CP/M and Plato courseware ported to it as well as MECC
and standard CP/M based packages.
CDC Literature Distribution (in whatever form it may still exist) should
have beaucoup hardware manuals.
Michael Grigoni
Cybertheque Museum