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The Sol-1 is a computer system implemented in discrete logic ICs, featuring a C compiler, assembler, Unix-like OS, DMA, and various interfaces. Developed by Paulo Constantino, the Sol-1 boasts professional aesthetics and intricate wire wrap work. It supports most operations, except for floating point, and future plans include adding more features to the OS and porting text-based adventure games.
PLATO, a computer system developed in the 1960s by Don Bitzer, was designed to revolutionize education by using computers. It was the first computer built and owned entirely by an educational institution, and it was a duplicate of the slightly earlier ORDVAC. PLATO's biggest innovation was time-sharing, allowing multiple students to use the system simultaneously for the first time. Many of the computing innovations we treat as commonplace started with this system, and even today, some of PLATO's capabilities have never been precisely duplicated.