Subj : Re: Plato Online Again
To   : James Digriz
From : Beery
Date : Tue Apr 24 2018 15:21:44

 JD> ps. I was informed a while back that the TI 99/4A was the only home
 JD> computer that had standalone PLATO courseware, with the PLATO cartridge.
 JD> Is this correct
 JD> , anyone? Were the Apple II, Atari, etc. PLATO packages terminal-based?

James, your name is familiar.  On AtariAge?  I've been trying to place your
name as to either a caller of my BBS, the TI-99/4A Yahoogroup, AtariAge, or
maybe just here on the Retronet.

I know the TI 99/4A had their standalone PLATO courseware. I did have an
agreement with the owners of the PLATO software to legally distribute the
Plato diskettes online for a period of 10 years.  That timeframe has since
elapsed by three or four years if I am not mistaken.  I just came across that
paperwork this past week.

For people with young children, the PLATO courseware is a good way to
introduce them to a computer with some education software.

Beery

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