Re: PLATO PC floppy
On 7/16/2016 12:54 AM, Jason T wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Jim Brain wrote: I so wish I could find my copy of the PLATO client for the Commodore 64 (yep, it actually existed, I did some of my Physics 107 labs on PLATO from my room with my C64 and my 2400 bps modem (333-1000, 217 area code, to get to the terminal server(?) at the home of PLATO, UIUC. I didn't know they had dial-in for PLATO there. Here's a 1991-era card with two similar termserv numbers: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/content/computing/UIUC/UIUC_NewAccountCard1991.pdf I have somewhere the PLATO cartridge for Atari 8-bit but I've never seen the C64 client. I'd love to try to use it with cyber1.org. It was interesting. It managed to squish the 512x512 into a 320x200 somehow. I had one of those cards as well. jlb31...@usa.cso.uiuc.edu. 1989, I believe. It might have been 4000, 1000 might have been the UIUC general help line. It's been almost 30 years, the memory, she did not keep all of that info handy, as I never thought it would be useful. PLATO was such an interesting thing at the time at UIUC. It was considered "old" tech, and "HyperCard" for the Macs were the new way to do lessons. THose wooden cases and orange screens were an interesting sight. I always knew there was a huge community on the PLATO machines (University HIgh School in Urbana had them, as did other schools), but I never got into it. IRC and USENET demanded my time (feel free to search for jlb31348, I am sure there are plenty of horrid postings on comp.sys.cbm and sci.virtual-reality from my days there). Jim -- Jim Brain br...@jbrain.com www.jbrain.com
Re: PLATO PC floppy
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Jim Brain wrote: > I so wish I could find my copy of the PLATO client for the Commodore 64 > (yep, it actually existed, I did some of my Physics 107 labs on PLATO from > my room with my C64 and my 2400 bps modem (333-1000, 217 area code, to get > to the terminal server(?) at the home of PLATO, UIUC. I didn't know they had dial-in for PLATO there. Here's a 1991-era card with two similar termserv numbers: http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/content/computing/UIUC/UIUC_NewAccountCard1991.pdf I have somewhere the PLATO cartridge for Atari 8-bit but I've never seen the C64 client. I'd love to try to use it with cyber1.org.
Re: PLATO PC floppy
On 07/15/2016 07:29 PM, Jason T wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Chuck Guzis > wrote: >> I discovered that I have a 360K (DSDD) floppy with (apparently) >> PLATO client software on it probably from the mid 1980s. Is the >> image of this of any interest to anyone? > > I vote "yes." Will host the image, too. What platform do you think > it's for? As I said, it's probably for IBM PC/XT with CGA. Haven't checked in detail. --Chuck
Re: PLATO PC floppy
On 7/15/2016 9:29 PM, Jason T wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: I discovered that I have a 360K (DSDD) floppy with (apparently) PLATO client software on it probably from the mid 1980s. Is the image of this of any interest to anyone? I vote "yes." Will host the image, too. What platform do you think it's for? j I so wish I could find my copy of the PLATO client for the Commodore 64 (yep, it actually existed, I did some of my Physics 107 labs on PLATO from my room with my C64 and my 2400 bps modem (333-1000, 217 area code, to get to the terminal server(?) at the home of PLATO, UIUC. Sigh, I miss that. -- Jim Brain br...@jbrain.com www.jbrain.com
Re: PLATO PC floppy
On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > I discovered that I have a 360K (DSDD) floppy with (apparently) PLATO > client software on it probably from the mid 1980s. Is the image of > this of any interest to anyone? I vote "yes." Will host the image, too. What platform do you think it's for? j
PLATO PC floppy
Anent PLATO discussions, that reminds me: I discovered that I have a 360K (DSDD) floppy with (apparently) PLATO client software on it probably from the mid 1980s. Is the image of this of any interest to anyone? --Chuck