Browsing by Author "Bitzer, Donald Lester"

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    Oral history interview with Donald L. Bitzer
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1982-08-17) Bitzer, Donald Lester
    Bitzer, inventor of PLATO, discusses the history of the development of PLATO including the interaction between the Computer-Based Education Research Laboratory (CERL) at the University of Illinois and Control Data Corporation.
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    Oral history interview with Donald L. Bitzer
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1988-02-19) Bitzer, Donald Lester
    Bitzer 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. Bitzer recalls the commercialization of PLATO by CDC and his disagreements with CDC over marketing strategy and the creation of courseware for PLATO.