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From: amiga@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Boing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PLATO emulator for Amy? (also: grabbing at straws)
Message-ID: <6991@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 90 11:38:55 GMT
References: <8836@sun.acs.udel.edu> <27821@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: amiga@uhccux.UUCP (Boing)
Organization: University of Hawaii
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In article <27821@cup.portal.com> Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com writes:
)> Does anyone know of a PLATO terminal emulator for the Amiga ...
) 
)Umm.  Well, you know, PLATO (at least if it was a true version that I saw
)a couple of years ago) was not that different from BASIC.  What I saw had

Different PLATO, I think.  I believe he was referring to the PLATO system
developed by Control Data Corporation.  I think it's original incarnation
was *the* original timesharing system.  It's largely used for Computer
Aided Instruction (CAI) now.


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