A personal PLATO sidenote... I grew up in Urbana, home of PLATO, and in grade school when I was 9 years old (early 1970s) we had several PLATO terminals in our classroom. I can't remember for the life of me what we DID with it, but I do remember choosing to stay after school so I could spend more time on it. I remember a lot of us being into it. (I'd be curious if those of you working on it can give me clues to what might have brought a bunch of 9 year olds to it with rapt fascination). I've kind of wondered in recent years if that early experience set me up to be interested in the Internet and to help with the creation of this association... Happy Thanksgiving all you Americans. Enjoy the day all the rest of you! Off to roast my turkey... Nancy ________________________________________________________ Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org