Re: Requesting help with imaging a PLATO disk

["N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer@hotmail.com>]

On Apr 27, 4:57 pm, "winston19842...@yahoo.com"
<winston19842...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 12:37 pm, "N.N. Thayer" <nntha...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Last year I came into possession of a PLATO-branded disk.  I loaded it
> > up, and it's an interactive tutorial for the basics of computing.
> > There are mini-games that teach computing concepts as you play them,
> > storybook-style presentations (including a section that speculates on
> > the future!), and some other elements.  It's an interesting little
> > window into how computers were perceived by and presented to the
> > public at the time, and it's also the first piece of software with the
> > PLATO name that I've ever seen on a microcomputer.  The copyright date
> > on the disk is 1982, and the title screen asserts Control Data's
> > ownership:
>
> There was a whole set of Plato courseware that was released for the
> TI-99 computer... was one of the big selling points in 1983.

Yeah, it seems like they didn't release nearly as much for the Apple
II or Atari systems.  And from what I can tell, none of the Apple II
PLATO library has ever been imaged.

Anyway, if no one from the U.S. is interested, I guess the disk will
be taking a trip overseas.  :)