On Jun 24, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > > The 0 prefix in the lesson name indicates a “published lesson” — which means > a frozen copy of the original made by CDC and distributed as part of the > PLATO distribution. The original name was “empire” and it became famous > under that name at its original home, University of Illinois PLATO. > > As for PLATO simulation, there is one, which John mentions (cyber1). That > consists of the CDC 6000 emulator “DtCyber” by Tom Hunter, plus a copy of > PLATO authorized by its current owners and taken from the last known > production PLATO system, plus some additional lessons (programs) recovered > from various archives. It connects to terminals — either real PLATO > terminals or an emulation program “pterm” over TCP connections. Access is > available to all, on request, see the website cyber1.org for details. > > That said, the copies of empire on that system (there’s a 0empire and an > empire) are not set for open source “open inspect” access. I had not seen > John’s comment about open source. Possibly he intended to make the sources > visible at some other location. If he wants the copy on cyber1 to be > open-inspect, that’s easy to do but it would require a specific note from him > to the cyber1 admins (of which I’m one) to authorize the change. > > paul >
I’m still looking for a Plato IV terminal keyboard. Both the layout and tactile feel are truly part of the “Empire” experience. Jerry
