by Thomas ‘Thom‘ Cherryhomes (tschak909)

Introduction#

PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operation)

PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations)[1][2] was the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system. Starting in 1960, it ran on the University of Illinois' ILLIAC I computer. By the late 1970s, it supported several thousand graphics terminals distributed worldwide, running on nearly a dozen different networked mainframe computers. Many modern concepts in multi-user computing were originally developed on PLATO, including forums, message boards, online testing, e-mail, chat rooms, picture languages, instant messaging, remote screen sharing, and multiplayer video games.

PlatoTerm#

Movies#

• IRATA.ONLINE - demonstration ; from Thomas 'Thom' Cherryhomes, incredible good demonstration about PLATO. Highly recommended by AtariWiki. Really worth the time! :-) Thank you so much Thom, this is an incredible good and outstanding work! Please go ahead with it!
• Why I started IRATA.ONLINE ; from Thomas 'Thom' Cherryhomes ; thank you Thom!

References#

• PLATO (computer system) english
• PLATO (computer system) deutsch
• The Learning Phone ; all the starting stuff needed. Thank you so much Atarimania! :-)
• Thom's site about PLATO on Atari ; You really have to check in, this is such an oustanding work from Thom, you have to see for yourself! Incredible! Thom, the Atari community is deep, deep in your debt! Thank you so much! :-)))
• PLATO discussion on AtariAge ; highly recommended!