Harrison Smith / Washington Post:

Donald Bitzer, the plasma screen's co-inventor and the father of PLATO, a computer-based network that sparked messaging apps and more, died on December 10 at 90  —  He helped shape cyberculture as the father of PLATO, a computer-based educational network that sparked the development of plasma screens and digital messaging.

Harrison Smith / Washington Post:

Donald Bitzer, the plasma screen's co-inventor and the father of PLATO, a computer-based network that sparked messaging apps and more, died on December 10 at 90  —  He helped shape cyberculture as the father of PLATO, a computer-based educational network that sparked the development of plasma screens and digital messaging.

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