18 Jun
2020
18 Jun
'20
4:18 a.m.
I have been "hunting" for a PLATO V terminal for some time. It was made by
Regency - Carroll.
If there is such a terminal gathering dust in a shed or garage and the
owner would like to find a good home for it then please let me know.
I have successfully restored a Control Data Corp IST-3 terminal and 721
Viking terminal and have the skills, equipment and passion to restore the
terminal to its former beauty and functionality.
Tom Hunter
18 Jun
18 Jun
12:12 p.m.
On 6/18/20 4:18 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
I have been "hunting" for a PLATO V terminal
for some time. It was made by
Regency - Carroll.
If there is such a terminal gathering dust in a shed or garage and the
owner would like to find a good home for it then please let me know.
I have successfully restored a Control Data Corp IST-3 terminal and 721
Viking terminal and have the skills, equipment and passion to restore the
terminal to its former beauty and functionality.
So what does one do with a PLATO terminal? I was acquainted only with
the PLATO IV terminal and, although I took a couple of CDC-mandated
courses on it (don't remember a thing), I mostly sneaked time to play
AIRFIGHT.
At one NCC, I remember asking the folks in the PLATO booth if they
minded if I checked out their setup. Since there was virtually no one
around, I brought up AIRFIGHT. Within 10 minutes, I had a crowd
straining for a peek.
That's now you sell hardware!
--Chuck
1:19 p.m.
On Jun 18, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 6/18/20 4:18 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote:
Nice. Yes, airfight and any number of other multi-user games -- a thing made popular by
PLATO and possibly originated there. There is a running PLATO system around, see
www.cyber1.org for details. Its users normally use a terminal emulators, but real
terminals can be connected to it and a few are around that are set up that way.
paul
I have been "hunting" for a PLATO V
terminal for some time. It was made by
Regency - Carroll.
If there is such a terminal gathering dust in a shed or garage and the
owner would like to find a good home for it then please let me know.
I have successfully restored a Control Data Corp IST-3 terminal and 721
Viking terminal and have the skills, equipment and passion to restore the
terminal to its former beauty and functionality.
So what does one do with a PLATO terminal? I was acquainted only with
the PLATO IV terminal and, although I took a couple of CDC-mandated
courses on it (don't remember a thing), I mostly sneaked time to play
AIRFIGHT.
At one NCC, I remember asking the folks in the PLATO booth if they
minded if I checked out their setup. Since there was virtually no one
around, I brought up AIRFIGHT. Within 10 minutes, I had a crowd
straining for a peek.
2:53 p.m.
On 6/18/20 1:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
Nice. Yes, airfight and any number of other
multi-user games -- a
thing made popular by PLATO and possibly originated there. There is
a running PLATO system around, see www.cyber1.org for details. Its
users normally use a terminal emulators, but real terminals can be
connected to it and a few are around that are set up that way.
In my collection, I've got a 5.25" (360K) floppy sent to me back in the
day that has the PLATO software for the IBM PC. Other than filing the
disk away, I never thought to boot it and see what was there.
Still have the disk, though. I don't imagine that it's particularly rare.
--Chuck
5:57 p.m.
On Jun 18, 2020, at 5:53 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 6/18/20 1:19 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
I don't know. My PLATO experience predates the PC. Are you sure that's what it
is? The later PLATO terminals (starting with the "PLATO V" one, in fact) had
local execution capability, and some of them included a floppy drive for local program
load. Those would be essentially PLATO software executing on the terminal rather that at
the host. If so, recovering that information may turn up something not previously
preserved.
If it is indeed a PLATO terminal implemented as PC software, you could hook it up to
Cyber1.
paul
Nice. Yes, airfight and any number of other
multi-user games -- a
thing made popular by PLATO and possibly originated there. There is
a running PLATO system around, see www.cyber1.org for details. Its
users normally use a terminal emulators, but real terminals can be
connected to it and a few are around that are set up that way.
In my collection, I've got a 5.25" (360K) floppy sent to me back in the
day that has the PLATO software for the IBM PC. Other than filing the
disk away, I never thought to boot it and see what was there.
Still have the disk, though. I don't imagine that it's particularly rare.
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