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Brian Dear I used the PLATO system for many years, starting in 1979, and was always amazed at the worldwide community of people there. I skipped microcomputers f…moreI used the PLATO system for many years, starting in 1979, and was always amazed at the worldwide community of people there. I skipped microcomputers for many years because PLATO was light-years ahead. And then over the years I kept wondering why wasn't anyone writing a book about PLATO, the way books were popping up about Silicon Valley, and books like Steven Levy's Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Years would go by and not a single meaningful mention of PLATO in any major book or magazine in the 80s, 90s... (less)

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The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture

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“Says Ray Ozzie . . . “The system and the activities brought us together, but we maintained the social network in our minds, hearts, souls. Not in a friends list.”
― Brian Dear, The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture

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