SXSW 2018: A Look Support at the Sixties PLATO Computing Machine
Photo: Paul Tenczar/University of IllinoisIn the 1960s, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana—Champaign developed a computer system that they hoped would expand access to education. They envisioned instructors using the system to build lessons, and students stationing themselves at machines—whose touchscreen plasma displays had a distinct orange glow—to complete coursework. But something unexpected happened. As…

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