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There's a claim the PLATO plasma display was invented in 1964.  This is probably true for the underlying technology, but not a useful 512x512 display.  For the purpose of this wiki page, maybe 1972 would be more appropriate; see e.g. https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2430 [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 09:13, 16 September 2021 (CEST)
 
There's a claim the PLATO plasma display was invented in 1964.  This is probably true for the underlying technology, but not a useful 512x512 display.  For the purpose of this wiki page, maybe 1972 would be more appropriate; see e.g. https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2430 [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 09:13, 16 September 2021 (CEST)
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: Concur. The 'Friendly Orange Glow' book on PLATO has a lot of detail about the display development, and probably has exact dates. I'll look. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:48, 16 September 2021 (CEST)
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: Yeah, pg. 110 talks about the first non-trivial prototype. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:55, 16 September 2021 (CEST)
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:: Thanks!  Still very early. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 20:02, 16 September 2021 (CEST)

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PLATO date

There's a claim the PLATO plasma display was invented in 1964. This is probably true for the underlying technology, but not a useful 512x512 display. For the purpose of this wiki page, maybe 1972 would be more appropriate; see e.g. https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2430 Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 09:13, 16 September 2021 (CEST)

Concur. The 'Friendly Orange Glow' book on PLATO has a lot of detail about the display development, and probably has exact dates. I'll look. Jnc (talk) 14:48, 16 September 2021 (CEST)
Yeah, pg. 110 talks about the first non-trivial prototype. Jnc (talk) 18:55, 16 September 2021 (CEST)
Thanks! Still very early. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 20:02, 16 September 2021 (CEST)