> On Jul 15, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 15 July 2016 at 17:57, Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net> wrote: > ... >> 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!
You can. Check out cyber1.org -- a real PLATO system running on an emulated CDC Cyber. paul