Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> tar is mangled (sent as text/plain).
>
> On 2019/09/28 10:31, trondd wrote:
> > Bump to the top.
> >
> > No retro-computing/BBS nostalgia here? :P
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Tim.
> >
> > On Sat, September 21, 2019 5:32 pm, trondd wrote:
> > > New port of comms/pterm, aka PLATOterm.
> > >
> > > PLATO is a BBS-like system with roots in training and education but grew
> > > into a community through muti-user games, messaging, and chat. There's
> > > been a resurgence the past few years with effort from IRATA.online and
> > > ports of pterm to different OS's and retro-computers.
> > >
> > > The binary is officially 'pterm' but I had to rename it to 'platoterm' as
> > > putty already has a pterm binary.
> > >
> > > Only been able to test on amd64. Don't know how to test the floppy
> > > support yet, either.
> > >
> > > Default connection is to cyber1's system, but IRATA.online is free to sign
> > > up and also has a guest account for checking it out. If you want to try
> > > it, be sure to know the PLATO terminal keyoard maping to a PC keyboard:
> > > https://cyber1.org/keyboard.asp (it's also in pterm's help menu)
> > >
> > > Tim.
> > >
> > > DESCR:
> > > Pterm is a terminal emulator designed for connecting to PLATO-like
> > > systems such as Cyber1 and the Cybis release from Tom Hunter. It also
> > > has the ability to run MicroTutor from floppy disk images.
> > >
> > > PLATO is a multi-user system hosting games, educational material, and
> > > communities. A PLATO server is hosted at IRATA.online with free access
> > > and a CYBIS system is hosted at cyber1.org
>
Ugh....sorry.
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