Subj : Re: Plato Online Again
To   : Beery
From : James Digriz
Date : Tue Apr 24 2018 18:31:05

Beery wrote to James Digriz:
B>  JD> ps. I was informed a while back that the TI 99/4A was the only home
B>  JD> computer that had standalone PLATO courseware, with the PLATO 
B> cartridge.
B>  JD> Is this correct
B>  JD> , anyone? Were the Apple II, Atari, etc. PLATO packages 
B> terminal-based?
B> 
B> James, your name is familiar.  On AtariAge?  I've been trying to place 
B> your
B> name as to either a caller of my BBS, the TI-99/4A Yahoogroup, AtariAge, 
B> or
B> maybe just here on the Retronet.
B> 
B> I know the TI 99/4A had their standalone PLATO courseware. I did have an
B> agreement with the owners of the PLATO software to legally distribute the
B> Plato diskettes online for a period of 10 years.  That timeframe has since
B> elapsed by three or four years if I am not mistaken.  I just came across 
B> that
B> paperwork this past week.
B> 
B> For people with young children, the PLATO courseware is a good way to
B> introduce them to a computer with some education software.
B> 
B> Beery
B> 
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B> 
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Yep, I've posted in all those places, and you're  a user on my system. We
discussed a TI FDN. even. I'm still up for participating in that if you're
still interested. 

You sound pretty busy. Maybe a good 3-day weekend is in order. :-)

ps did you ever hear back from 'ol John?

later,



    Greetings, James Digriz
    email: jbdigriz@bbs.dragonsweb.org

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