Re: OT PLATO - Cyber1

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 02:04:39AM +0800, Barry Doolittle wrote:
> OFF TOPIC but important to see for any of you folk have a little gray in 
> your hair (even if it's under a little coloring).
> 
> I was emailed a link to an online PLATO emulator (I guess that's what 
> you call it).  You maybe will be interested. This may be the roots of 
> all we do now-a-days.  See: http://www.cyber1.org/ and spread the word 
> if you believe in the past.
> 
> Barry Doolittle
> barry-KT0hn+H9qWr6V6G2DxALlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://wwww.baryalang.com
> 
> and NOW barry/minna
> barry of group minna
> 

I was at the University of Illinois, pursuing a degree, when I stumbled across
the PLATO terminls in the Enginering Research Lab. The two main activities that
I can remember were a science/learning game that showed how moths evolved
protective coloration in London due to the industrial revolution pollution.

That was fun, but even better was a Moon War game in which two players would
try to shoot each other using ricochet shots off the 'sides' of the computer
screen. It was so addictive that I was able to get my dorm buddies to come play
instead of hitting the bars some nights.

-- 
Jim Kaufman
Linux Evangelist
public key 0x6D802619, CISSP# 65668

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