Editing PLATO (computer system) (section)

=== Influence on PARC and Apple ===
Early in 1972, researchers from [[Xerox PARC]] were given a tour of the PLATO system at the University of Illinois. At this time, they were shown parts of the system, such as the ''Insert Display/Show Display'' (ID/SD) application generator for pictures on PLATO (later translated into a graphics-draw program on the [[Xerox Star]] workstation); the ''Charset Editor'' for "painting" new characters (later translated into a "Doodle" program at PARC); and the ''Term Talk'' and ''Monitor Mode'' communications programs. Many of the new technologies they saw were adopted and improved upon, when these researchers returned to [[Palo Alto, California]]. They subsequently transferred improved versions of this technology to [[Apple Inc.]]