Subj : Re: My First Computers
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Tue Mar 16 2021 11:22 am

On 16 Mar 2021, Mike Dippel said the following...
 MD> It was my first computer as well.  I had 2 game cartridges, a terminal
 MD> emulator, and the 
 MD> entire Plato series of education floppies on 5-1/2 disks.  I joined a
 MD> Users Group and met 
 MD> plenty of others that wanted to share their knowledge.

Hi, Mike!

Have you checked out irata.online or cyber1.org? Both are running CDC Cyber
emulators to make PLATO available again. A special comm program (or, I
suppose, a PLATO IV terminal) is required, but the Windows/Mac/Linux clients
are available at both sites. Cyber1.org tends to focus on the history of
Plato, while irata.online tends to lean towards new development and
microcomputer access, with Atari, Apple, TI-99/4A, Commodore, and other
clients available for download.

Jeff.

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and
wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself
right.

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