majestyx Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Maybe I'm having a false memory or something, but I could have sworn someone posted a thread sometime last year, either here or at the yahoo group, that contained a distro for the Raspberry Pi that used MESS to run all of the PLATO software on it. Now I can't find it. So am I remembering incorrectly, or did someone actually put something like this together? I recently bought a Pi and am playing around with it every few days. Just amazing how technology has advanced. Thanks to anyone who can verify this and point me in the right direction! (Or set me straight and tell me I was dreaming...) Edited September 1, 2014 by majestyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Eric Bray posted something on the Yahoo! group to describe a Plato setup he'd built for demonstrations, but it was on a Windows machine (and I think he was using Cory Burr's emulator, not MESS).It was about a year ago, IIRC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertLM78 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) Kind of a neat idea. I'd like to see it cross-platform. The Plato package is pretty amazing still. Edited September 1, 2014 by RobertLM78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 easily done with the http://blog.sheasilverman.com/2012/07/raspberry-pi-and-mess-multi-system-emulator-nes-gamegear-genesis/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Please keep in mind that AdvanceMAME/MESS are unofficial releases of MAME/MESS which may be outdated by far compared to the current releases for the PC. This means that neither my fixes over the last years nor the recent additions and usage changes may be included. Currently, we do not recommend to build MAME/MESS for Raspi because of performance requirements that may very likely not be met by the hardware (and which have strongly increased during the last years). It would be interesting of course if someone tried with a recent version, though; the TI emulation seems to be one of the less demanding drivers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestyx Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 easily done with the http://blog.sheasilverman.com/2012/07/raspberry-pi-and-mess-multi-system-emulator-nes-gamegear-genesis/ Yes, I saw that site thanks to a Raspberry Pi Handbook magazine I picked up a few weeks back, which is what prompted me to go looking for it. Since I thought that someone had already put together a TI version of it, I figured why reinvent the wheel? It looks like there are two emulation projects running for the RaspPi, but neither have incorporated the TI. They are PiPlay (formerly PiMAME) and The RetroPie Project . Thanks, mizapf, for the info on AdvanceMAME/MESS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestyx Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Eric Bray posted something on the Yahoo! group to describe a Plato setup he'd built for demonstrations, but it was on a Windows machine (and I think he was using Cory Burr's emulator, not MESS).It was about a year ago, IIRC. Thanks for letting me know. I've no idea why I thought that was a RaspPi distro other than wishful thinking... which could be used to add the rest of the TI software library to it! Considering the RapbPi's raison d'etre, I'd think something like this (the entire PLATO educational software library available in one place) would be a natural for the platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 If it's any help, I have a sizable collection if the Plato diskettes... possibly all of them. I remember spending an entire afternoon way back just copying them from my dad's collection. But at the moment they are locked away on TI disks and I am still resurrecting my PEB... And also building a windows xp machine with 5.25" floppy drive for transferring. But when I get them transferred, I will donate them to the project. Darryl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestyx Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 dphirschler, you will want to check the WHTech FTP site to see what disks, if any, are missing from there in order to save yourself a lot of time and effort. Thanks for offering to contribute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I've looked around in wtech and didn't find ANY Plato disks. I tried to read my disks and an still having floppy drive issues. I hope the disks are still good. Here is a listing of what is written on the labels: PLATO DisksBOX-101a Plato Survey Diskette / Basic Skills - Grades 3-8 / Reading Survey - Part 1 Side 101b Plato Survey Diskette / Basic Skills - Grades 3-8 / Reading Survey - Part 1 Side 202a Plato Survey Diskette / Basic Skills - Grades 3-8 / Mathematics Survey - Side 302b Plato Survey Diskette / Basic Skills - Grades 3-8 / Grammar Survey - Side 403 Basic Skills - Mathematics / Basic Number Ideas / Numbers 0-9 - PHD 5201 / Counting Numbers - 1.11204 Basic Skills - Mathematics / Subtraction / Subtraction Skills PHD 5206 / Subtraction Skills I32105 Basic Skills - Mathematics / Multiplication Skills II - PHD 5209 / Multiplication Skills 6 - 1.43206 Basic Skills - Math / Geometry and Measurement / Geometry - Basic Concepts / Plane Figures 107 Basic Skills - Reading / Making new Words / More Basic Word building PHD 5221 / Verbs Ending in E - 2.12208 Basic Skills - Reading / Understanding New Words / Dealing With Confusing Words / Specific Meaning In Context09 Basic Skills - Reading / Understanding What You Read / More Basic Facts & Reading PHD 5233 / Getting Ideas From Pictures / Past, Present, & Future Tense10 Basic Skills - Reading / Understanding What You Read / Getting the Facts11 Basic Skills - Reading / Understanding What You Read / Finding What Doesn't Belong12 Basic Skills - Reading / Understanding What You Read / Ordering Main Events / Replacing Nouns w/Pronouns13 Basic Skills - Reading / Understanding What You Read14 Basic Skills - Reading / Understanding What You Read / Remembering More of What You Read / Remembering Details - 2.353 Ph0523615 Basic Skills - Grammar / Parts of Speech / What is a Noun? 3.111 / What is a Verb?16 Basic Skills - Grammar / Building and Using Sentences / Phrases & Clauses PHD 5255 / Identifying Phrases17 Basic Skills - Grammar / Capital Letters & Punctuation / Punctuation PHD 5262 / Colons & Semicolons - 3.423 / Quotation MarksBOX-2 (25 Disks / High School Math)01 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 1 / Introduction to Sets02 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 1 / Set Operations03 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 1 / Odd, Even, Prime & Composite Numbers04 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 2 / Exponents05 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 2 / Addition & Subtraction of Integers06 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 2 / Multiplication & Division of Integers07 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 2 / Square Roots08 High School Skills - Math / Basic Number Ideas / Basic Number Ideas 2 / Sets & Variables09 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in One Variable / Math Sentences in One Variable 1 / Monomials10 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in One Variable / Math Sentences in One Variable 1 / Binomials11 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in One Variable / Math Sentences in One Variable 2 / Linear Equations w/One Variable12 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in One Variable / Math Sentences in One Variable 2 / Linear Inequalities With One Variable13 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in One Variable / Math Sentences in One Variable 2 / Quadratic EquationsBOX-301 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in Two Variables / Coordinate Plane02 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in Two Variables / Linear Equations w/Two Variables03 High School Skills - Math / Math Sentences in Two Variables / Systems of Equations04 High School Skills - Math / Geometry / Special Angles, Part 105 High School Skills - Math / Geometry / Special Angles, Part 206 High School Skills - Math / Geometry / Circles, Arcs & Circumferences07 High School Skills - Math / Geometry / Pythagorean Theorem08 High School Skills - Math / Measurement / Metric Measurement09 High School Skills - Math / Measurement / Areas, Part 110 High School Skills - Math / Measurement / Areas, Part 211 High School Skills - Math / Measurement / Measurement PHD 5279 / Volume - 5.51412 High School Skills - Math / Special Topics / Special Topics PHD 5280 / Probability - 5.614 Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 The entire PLATO series for the TI-99/4A is available here for the Win emulator. You can download the 48 Megabyte file << HERE >> It can only be downloaded for a week, so don't wait too long. ENJOY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lee Stewart Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I've looked around in wtech and didn't find ANY Plato disks. I tried to read my disks and an still having floppy drive issues. I hope the disks are still good. Here is a listing of what is written on the labels: ... Darryl There certainly is PLATO stuff on WHTech: ftp://ftp.whtech.com/emulators/pc99/pc99%20dsk%20collection/Plato/ There are other places on WHTech with PLATO files, as well. The sitelist.txt file in the root directory is your friend! This may be the same stuff as above: http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Texas-Instruments/TI-99-4A/Various ...lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dphirschler Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I never thought to look under emulators for Plato disks! lol Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I once started with reorganising WhTech FTP, guess this could be a point to continue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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