On 15 July 2016 at 17:57, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > Not to mention "HELP ADVANCED WOMBAT".
:-) I spent /hours/ reading that. At first I was looking around for the hidden camera because I was convinced someone was playing a very sophisticated practical joke on me at work... > Actually, if you want to see really good online help -- vastly better even > than that of VMS -- take a look at PLATO. To become a PLATO programmer, all > you'd need was for the admin to hand you your login credentials along with > "sit down at a terminal and follow instructions". A logged out terminal > would display "Press NEXT to begin" -- you'd do that and literally everything > from that point on would be described by on-line help of one kind or another. Sounds great. I never saw a PLATO terminal. :-( Wish I had now! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR)
