History of Computing
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:21 pm
Who knew that:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/03 ... he-future/Bright graphics, a touchscreen, a speech synthesizer, messaging apps, games, and educational software—no, it's not your kid's iPad. This is the mid-1970s, and you're using PLATO.
The new terminals were announced as available to all by Bitzer, though the $5,500+ price tag in 1974 per terminal (over $33,000 today) wasn't particularly egalitarian, and stocks weren't plentiful.