PLATO ASCII Guide

ASCII Protocol

The documentor file s0ascers contained the Level Zero PLATO ASCII Protocol specification used by CYBIS from VCampus. That specification is contained in these articles. Future iteration on the protocol resulted in the publication of Level One of the Extended ASCII Protocol CERL Report X-52 published in July 1990 and whose last update was December 1991.

This document describes an Enhanced ASCII Protocol for use on the NovaNET® system. It is a superset of the standard PLATO® ASCII protocol and is compatible with Control Data PLATO® systems. The protocol is designed to take advantage of the processing power and display capabilities available on modern micro computers.

The Level One protocol document references applicable sections:

• Sections 1 through 3.4
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix D