Plato terminal

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Thu Jul 12 07:36:16 2001

> > This is two years late, but the terminal the original poster describes
> > sounds like an IST (model 1), a CRT-based CDC product, vintage about
1978.
> > There was a later edition called the IST-II, also CDC. It had two 8"
drives
> > and a Z-80 CPU, as well as connectivity to CDC PLATO mainframe systems,
> > either by dialup modem (1200 bps) or multiplexer.
>
> Actually, I was the original poster; a reply to me mentioned the
> terminal you're describing.

I may have been incorrect in assuming the above was a reply
to my post; it appears to have been otherwise....

-dq
 
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