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The friendly orange glow : the untold story of the PLATO system and the dawn of cyberculture
Title:
The friendly orange glow : the untold story of the PLATO system and the dawn of cyberculture
Author:
Dear, Brian, 1961- author.
ISBN:
9781101871553
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Pantheon Books, 2017.
Physical Description:
xv, 613 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
The automatic teacher -- Praeceptor ex machina -- An educational emergency -- The super-achiever -- The diagram -- Soldering irons, not switchblades -- Gas and glass -- Two's a crowd -- Knocking on the same doors -- A fork in the road -- Lessons learned -- The fun they had -- Impeachment -- The new wave -- The big board -- The killer app -- Empire -- Into the dungeon -- The zoo -- Red sweater -- The supreme being and the master of reality -- Climbing the ziggurat -- Coming of age -- Getting to scale -- The business opportunity -- The whim of iron -- Diaspora -- The crash pit -- A changing of he guard -- Leaving the nest -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
Documents the story of the 1960s computer program and platform that marked the true beginning of cyberculture, revealing the role of PLATO ideas in inspiring countless technological innovations, from flat-panel wall TVs to multiplayer games.
Language:
English