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   Message 894 of 1,530   
   Jeff Thiele to Mike Dippel   
   Re: My First Computers   
   16 Mar 21 11:22:05   
   
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   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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