This whole project was literally possible, because the good folks at Cyber1 dot org spent years finding a completed copy of the PLATO software, and acquired permission by the current copyright holder to release it for non commercial use. It was multi-user, graphical, interactive, touch screen oriented, and presented an integrated usage and development environment the likes of which you rarely see, even today. It was a system for education, for social use, for playing games. What is PLATO? It’s a long story, but imagine finding deep in the jungle, a village of people who were building jet engines decades before the Wright brothers flew their first airplane. This includes, and was ultimately designed for Atari 8-bit users who have access to a flash cartridge (or an emulator) to run The Learning Phone cartridge which is used to access the service. PTERM CYBER1 SOFTWAREThis system stands alongside Cyber1 dot org as another PLATO system that users with PLATO terminal software can connect to. This is a free service, and I am providing it to provide something truly unique to the retro-computing community. This system is a public utility, that I am paying for, out of my own pocket, my own electricity, and internet connection, as well as DNS registration, but I will NEVER ask for subscription or access fees. Yes, things will be broken, yes, things will be weird, but I will help work through them, and I urge those interested in digging deep into the system to contact me about getting sign-ons in the staff group to help manage this thing. The PLATO system that I’ve been putting together for Atari (and other retro-computing users) is now open for testing. I've been working on this, for weeks, and now it's time to open the doors.
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