PLATO (computer system)
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PLATO, also known as Project Plato and Project PLATO, was the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system. Starting in 1960, it ran on the University of Illinois's ILLIAC I computer. By the
PLATO running a simulation of fractional distillation
A working PLATO V terminal at the Living Computers: Museum + Labs in 2018
PLATO III terminal
PLATO III keyboard
ILLIAC I
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The ILLIAC I, a pioneering computer in the ILLIAC series of computers built in 1952 by the University of Illinois, was the first computer built and owned entirely by a United States educational instit
PLATO (computer system)
…Project Plato and Project PLATO, was the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system. Starting in 1960, it ran on the University of Illinois's ILLIAC I computer. By the late 1970s, it supported several thousand graphics terminals distributed worldwide, running on nearly a dozen different networked…
Memory drum of ILLIAC I, on display at the Spurlock Museum.
Alice (Betsy) E. D. Gillies and Donald B. Gillies with the ILLIAC I at the Digital Computer Lab, Urbana Illinois, circa 1958.