Editing PLATO (computer system) (section)

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*{{cite news |last1=Kaiser |first1=Cameron |title=How to make almost any computer a modern-day PLATO terminal |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/how-to-make-almost-any-computer-a-modern-day-plato-terminal/ |access-date=7 November 2023 |work=[[Ars Technica]] |date=25 October 2023 |language=en-us}}
* {{Citation | last = Bitzer | first = Donald L | title = Oral history interview | date = 19 February 1988 | url = http://purl.umn.edu/107121 | publisher = [[Charles Babbage Institute]], University of Minnesota}}. Discusses his relationship with Control Data Corporation (CDC) during the development of PLATO, a computer-assisted instruction system. He describes the interest in PLATO of Harold Brooks, a CDC salesman, and his help in procuring a 1604 computer for Bitzer's use. Recalls the commercialization of PLATO by CDC and his disagreements with CDC over marketing strategy and the creation of courseware for PLATO.
* {{Citation | last = Gallie | first = Thomas Muir | title = Oral history interview | date = 11 July 1990 | url = http://purl.umn.edu/107305 | publisher = [[Charles Babbage Institute]], University of Minnesota}}. A program officer at the National Science Foundation (NSF) describes the impact of Don Bitzer and the PLATO system, grants related to the classroom use of computers, and NSF's Regional Computing Program.
* {{Citation | last = Gräper | title = Grapenotes | url = http://www.grapenotes.com/}}.
* {{Citation | url = http://platohistory.org/ | title = PLATO History Foundation}}.
* {{Citation | url = http://purl.umn.edu/40704 | title = University of Illinois Computer-based Education Research Laboratory PLATO Reports, PLATO Documents, and CERL Progress Reports | publisher = [[Charles Babbage Institute]], University of Minnesota}}. Archival collection containing internal reports and external reports and publications related to the development of PLATO and the operations of CERL.
* {{Citation | url = http://purl.umn.edu/45592 | title = Control Data Corporation records | series = Computer-based education (CBE) | publisher = [[Charles Babbage Institute]], University of Minnesota}}. The CBE series documents CDC’s objective of creating, marketing and distributing PLATO courseware internally within various CDC departments and divisions, and externally.
* {{Citation | url = http://bitsavers.org/pdf/univOfIllinoisUrbana/plato/ | title = Historic PLATO Manuals & Publications | publisher = Bit savers}}.
* {{Citation | url = http://www.cyber1.org/ | title = Cyber1}}: online preservation of the PLATO system.

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