The Friendly Orange Glow
The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture
New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xv, 613 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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.
Contents:
Part I. 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. Getting to scale : The business opportunity -- The whim of iron -- Diaspora -- The crash pit -- A changing of he guard -- Leaving the nest.
ISBN:
9781101871553
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TECH Dea | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-555) and index.