Bitzer, Donald Lester2011-06-082011-06-081988-02-19Donald Lester Bitzer, OH 141. Oral history interview by Sheldon Hochheiser, 19 February 1988, Champaign, Illinois. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. http://purl.umn.edu/107121OH 141https://hdl.handle.net/11299/107121Transcript, 24 pp. Audio file available at http://purl.umn.edu/95556Bitzer 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.en-USComputer historyControl Data CorporationComputers -- HistoryComputer-assisted instruction -- HistoryComputer software -- History.Computer software -- Development.Computer industry -- History.CDC 1604 (Computer)Brooks, HaroldOral History