PLATO

Donald Bitzer, plasma screen co-inventor and the father of PLATO computer system, considered a precursor to messaging apps and more, died on December 10 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.

A look back at PLATO, an educational computer system released in 1960 that some consider a precursor to graphics, touchscreens, messaging apps, games, and more

A look back at PLATO, an educational computer system released in 1960 that some consider a precursor to graphics, touchscreens, messaging apps, games, and more

Forums, instant messaging, and multiplayer video games all started here.  —  Bright graphics, a touchscreen, a speech synthesizer … LinkedIn: Ray Ozzie . Mastodon: @davidgerard@circumstances.run . Twe...

A look at PLATO, a 1960s-era networked platform of computers for education, a precursor to modern Internet concepts including forums and instant messaging

How the PLATO system, a pre-internet online platform that first came to life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the 1960s … Tweets: @anildash and @engineeringatil Tweets: Anil Dash / @a...