[Air-l] The History of that "Other" Internet: PLATO

[William Stewart]

Brian et al - I have some good info on Plato here, and have linked to your site for some time ;-)
    http://livinginternet.com/r/ri_talk.htm

Cheers,
Bill

At 10:29 PM 11/27/02 -0800, you wrote:
>The current AoIR thread on the history (or histories) of the Internet is interesting.   I couldn't resist mentioning a project I'm working on that is at the same time related and unrelated.
>
>I'm writing a book on the history of  "another" internet, one that developed independently of, and parallel to, the ARPAnet back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s: the PLATO network.  Ironically, it was funded by the same agencies: ARPA, ONR, NSF.   Incredibly, its actual history, significance, and massive influence are for all intents and purposes, completely unknown to most people.