GoKawiilDonald Bitzer's PLATO team pioneered plasma display technology at Illinois
Researchers building the PLATO computerized instruction system at the University of Illinois, starting in 1960, found that standard CRT television screens were unsuitable for a networked terminal system serving many users simultaneously. Lead architect Donald Bitzer sought a screen with built-in memory that would only redraw changed portions, and explored gas plasma as a candidate technology to achieve this.