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PLATO user part of Control Data's Homework program of disability outreach

Item

Title
PLATO user part of Control Data's Homework program of disability outreach
Description
Photograph of a PLATO user part of Control Data's Homework program of disability outreach. The Homwork program provided PLATO terminals for disabled users to work on courses and programming from their home. From the original source (all spelling errors kept the same): "From January 6, 1980, Mpls. Tribune artice about Paulette Sands, who was afflicted with multiple sclerosis. Works on a PLATO termain from her Bloomington home. Photos, Inc print # 2-12319. Credit Minneapolis Tribune."
Date
1980-01-06
Identifier
p02009
cbi01800
Persistent URL
Provenance
University of Minnesota Libraries, Control Data Corporation Records
Format
8 x 10 inches
Black-and-white photographs
Contributor
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute
Subject
PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations)
Computer-Based Education
Homework Program
Control Data Corporation
Multiple Sclerosis
Accessibility in Technology
Disability Studies
Coverage
Bloomington, Minnesota
Temporal Coverage
1980s
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