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Honest question, does PLATO or any other intranet count for 'first online' anything in the terms of this discussion?
by georgeoliver 12y ago
Honest question, does PLATO or any other intranet count for 'first online' anything in the terms of this discussion?
- brianstorms 12y agoPLATO was a network of systems, not just one. By 1978 there were PLATO systems in Illinois, Minnesota, Delaware, Florida, Belgium, and other locales, all internetworked using what was called "the link", a high-bandwidth connection between these various CYBER mainframes. PLATO had collectively many more users than ARPANET during this time; ARPANET's population wouldn't exceed PLATO's until probably around 1981, though it might even be later.
- piokuc 12y agoHere is Wikipedia page on PLATO: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system)