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IRATA.ONLINE: A Community for Retro-Computing Enthusiasts
Author : Bluestein
Score : 208 points
Date : 2024-12-14 19:42 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (irata.online)
(TXT) w3m dump (irata.online)
| ThinkBeat wrote:
| This is really cool. Except that a hub for retro computing should
| not point people to Facebook to keep up with news.
|
| """ New developments on IRATA.ONLINE happen fast! Check the
| Facebook group for everything from new PLATOTerm ports,
| scheduling workshops and events, to announcements of new content
| on the service itself! """
| simultsop wrote:
| That's really odd, if they did it for privacy reason they
| missed some news.
| yalok wrote:
| What are the specific reasons that this is a problem?
|
| Asking without any bias, just curious if there're any other
| reasons than what I already know...
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Platform lock in.
| aleph_minus_one wrote:
| Facebooks spies on you, and makes reading the news without an
| account hard.
| timmytokyo wrote:
| Not everyone has a facebook account.
| arlattimore wrote:
| Next to zero organic reach in Facebook, so you'd have to pay
| to make sure your followers actually see it. Might as well
| post it on your own website, build an email list, let users
| subscribe to RSS - at least you own that and aren't renting
| it from Facebook.
| kxrm wrote:
| As a retro enthusiast I am not on Facebook or on any social
| media websites except maybe this one. Too often these days
| there is an assumption that we have presence on social media.
|
| Build your own channels, stop building in other kingdoms.
| tssva wrote:
| Let me clear up any confusion. You are definitively on this
| website.
| armitron wrote:
| I don't have a facebook account, none of my family has a
| facebook account, none of my friends have a facebook account,
| most of my colleagues don't have facebook accounts.
|
| As far as we're all concerned, if it's solely on facebook, it
| doesn't exist.
| jandrese wrote:
| With Facebook you will always be a slave to their algorithm.
| It may or may not decide to show your updates to the people
| who subscribe to your feed. They may ban your account for no
| discernible reason at any time and trying to talk with
| support to get it straightened out is a nightmare.
|
| Having a newsfeed on your site that also posts to Facebook is
| generally a better approach. Don't leave yourself at the
| mercy of a giant faceless corporation that doesn't care about
| you.
| tschak wrote:
| Hi. I run IRATA.ONLINE. Where should I post news? :) -Thom
| aleph_minus_one wrote:
| On the website, of course (ideally provide an RSS or Atom
| feed, too).
| detourdog wrote:
| Start a mailman List.
| stray wrote:
| On a gopher site!!! Maybe a dial-up BBS?
|
| Realistically, on your own website. I've never used Facebook.
| Never will.
| tibbon wrote:
| As a .plan file on a finger service?
| huimang wrote:
| The site itself (it could be statically generated) with an
| RSS feed, a mailing list, and/or a matrix channel.
| mindcrime wrote:
| Usenet.
| ddingus wrote:
| You can also just submit happenings like any other
| contributor here.
| Bluestein wrote:
| My chance to congratulate you on the site and work!
| anonzzzies wrote:
| I am. And it is the best thing. Happiness on a level for no money
| that money alone cannot buy.
| MomsAVoxell wrote:
| Would be great if this could be accessed with an iPad .. anyone
| working on an iOS client?
| tschak wrote:
| The web client can be used on any system with a suitable web
| browser. Press the orange button on the website. :)
| mechagodzilla wrote:
| Ooh, I wish there was a Kaypro port!
| ddingus wrote:
| Does the Kaypro do graphics?
|
| If so, there is a client written in C, I believe.
| mechagodzilla wrote:
| The kaypro '84 variants can do 160x100 graphics (each
| character is a 2x4 block of pixels, and the screen is 80x25
| characters).
| kjs3 wrote:
| And there were add-on boards that gave higher resolution
| (very relatively speaking) graphics.
| leoc wrote:
| 'irata' means 'angry [woman]', fwiw.
| foft wrote:
| Also read it backwards
| elpocko wrote:
| 'namow yrgna' means 'atari'
| leoc wrote:
| Since it's a PLATO-based system it seems more natural to look
| for a classical allusion than anything related to Atari, no?
| davidw wrote:
| It's also the planet you land on in the M.U.L.E. game.
| foft wrote:
| Thom did great work on the Plato stuff. Also be sure to check out
| his Fujinet work, really nicely done. Ported to many platforms
| too.
| mechagodzilla wrote:
| The PTerm app no longer works on modern MacOS unfortunately.
| mfro wrote:
| Yep. Per the developer(s):
|
| NOTE: 12/1/2024 - We are aware that the Mac DMG does not
| install on Mac OS Sequoia. You can try the Java Pterm until
| such time that the programmer can get a new Mac and test and
| build a new package.
|
| https://cyber1.org/pterm.asp
| empressplay wrote:
| You can connect to it via the cross-platform microM8 Apple IIe
| emulator https://paleotronic.com/microm8 -- there's an option on
| the startup menu screen to connect to irata.online using the
| Apple II DHGR client
| evaneykelen wrote:
| Is this in any way related to the Irata of Commodore 64 fame? The
| site doesn't seem to contain a reference. The Irata I knew from
| the C64 demo scene is https://csdb.dk/scener/?id=4380
| ddingus wrote:
| Not that I am aware of. It is a revival of the PLATO networked
| learning environment.
| pieterhg wrote:
| This is amazing.
|
| Are there any Windows 3.11 programs that support PLATO?
|
| I'd love to add this by default on my virtual PC at pieter.com.
| dang wrote:
| Related:
|
| _Irata.online: A PLATO service for retro computing enthusiasts_
| - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32600338 - Aug 2022 (26
| comments)
|
| _Irata.online a modern implementation of the PLATO computing
| system_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24207044 - Aug
| 2020 (1 comment)
| anothername12 wrote:
| Well now I know what I'm sinking time into this Christmas break!
| smusamashah wrote:
| Can someone explain what this is? It says its a community, so is
| it forum? But if it is than what does it mean by installing it?
| Or is it a forum software that anyone can install on one of the
| compatible platforms to start a new community?
| car wrote:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmWcGhlXqA
| larodi wrote:
| Sorry, i get what the PLATO system is (was?), but I can't get
| what the IRATA.ONLINE is and how its related. Is it a revival
| of this PLATO., or a PLATO system, what's the cool thing
| about it? that you can get Apple II to connect to a service
| and stream ASCII?
|
| Really, this video is not really descriptive, and question by
| @op stays.
| roywiggins wrote:
| https://irata.online/#features seems to cover it? It's a
| multi-user terminal system where you can log in, send text
| to other users, and run games and applications. It's not
| clear if the server software is available, but the links
| are to various client software for connecting to their
| service.
| unit149 wrote:
| ioctl man page lists a non-negative value that is floored as a
| return value indicating user error. given that it is written in
| standard libc, all the PLATO-based note-taking archival systems
| that regress in a linear fashion depending on how much bandwidth
| one is working on.
| Aeolun wrote:
| Retro computing with those massive modern buttons with insane
| padding rings a bit...
| car wrote:
| For context:
|
| _Donald Bitzer, a pioneer of cyberspace and plasma screens, dies
| at 90_
|
| _He helped shape cyberculture as the father of PLATO, a
| computer-based educational network that sparked the development
| of plasma screens and digital messaging._
|
| https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/12/13/donald-...
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42406158
| ddingus wrote:
| Man, I have to get my 800xl running again.
|
| This looks very interesting!
| Bluestein wrote:
| I had one of those. Good times! Also, came with a (treasured)
| spacefighting game on a cartridge (can't remember the name) and
| another - rather more strange one - on a listing, where you
| could run a (rather detailed) nuclear plant. Great machine ...
| ddingus wrote:
| Probably Star Raiders. Great Game!
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