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The Friendly Orange Glow : The Untold Story of the PLATO system and the dawn of cyberculture (2017) is a really interesting book about a system few people here

by sien 7y ago

The Friendly Orange Glow : The Untold Story of the PLATO system and the dawn of cyberculture (2017) is a really interesting book about a system few people here would probably have heard of. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34373814-the-friendly-orange-glow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34373814-the-friendly-or... How the Internet Happened is very good. The podcast that was created while writing the book is also worth a listen. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38212134-how-the-internet-happened https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38212134-how-the-interne... Accidental Empires is also very good https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27652.Accidental_Empires https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27652.Accidental_Empires

homarp 7y ago
on the PLATO book, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15784052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15784052 has interesting comments from the author. On PLATO itself, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16615420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16615420 While i'm at it, the book 'Minitel, Welcome to the Internet' - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/minitel https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/minitel is about the history of the french Minitel (previous HN discussion on the Minitel - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14681561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14681561 )
- gxqoz 7y ago
  That Minitel book is okay, but I didn't get too much out of it that wasn't on an early Reply All podcast episode.
  - homarp 7y ago
    this one https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/8whoda https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/8whoda ? "In the early 80's, way before the world wide web existed, the French government shipped a $200 terminal to every home with a phone line, and created a service that for decades ran alongside the internet. It was called The Minitel. Producer Carla Green speaks to reporter Jean-Marc Manach, who, in the early 90's, made a living posing as a woman in sex chat rooms on Minitel. "
Rerarom 7y ago
Also read the counterpart to friendly orange glow, "A People’s History of Computing in the United States"

by sien 7y ago

homarp 7y ago

on the PLATO book, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15784052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15784052 has interesting comments from the author. On PLATO itself, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16615420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16615420 While i'm at it, the book 'Minitel, Welcome to the Internet' - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/minitel https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/minitel is about the history of the french Minitel (previous HN discussion on the Minitel - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14681561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14681561 )

gxqoz 7y ago
That Minitel book is okay, but I didn't get too much out of it that wasn't on an early Reply All podcast episode.
- homarp 7y ago
  this one https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/8whoda https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/8whoda ? "In the early 80's, way before the world wide web existed, the French government shipped a $200 terminal to every home with a phone line, and created a service that for decades ran alongside the internet. It was called The Minitel. Producer Carla Green speaks to reporter Jean-Marc Manach, who, in the early 90's, made a living posing as a woman in sex chat rooms on Minitel. "

Rerarom 7y ago

Also read the counterpart to friendly orange glow, "A People’s History of Computing in the United States"