Another good book is 'The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture' by Brian Dear. It dates (1960s, 1970s) even

Another good book is 'The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture' by Brian Dear. It dates (1960s, 1970s) even before the Licklider book I think. Read the blurb, sounds amazing the things they had back then.