Event1970s

PLATO IV system expansion

Expansion of the University of Illinois PLATO system, an early large-scale computer-assisted instruction network.

Year
1970s

In the early 1970s, Between 1975 and 1978, gaming accounted for more than 20 percent of PLATO's usage.

In the mid-1970s CDC licensed the PLATO system from UIUC and began to commercialize it.

PLATO@50: PLATO Computer Learning System 50th Anniversary.

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