The review author seems to think that it was "maddening" that the PLATO team didn't see that personal computers were the way to go when they became available in

The review author seems to think that it was "maddening" that the PLATO team didn't see that personal computers were the way to go when they became available in the late 1970s, but I wonder if the reviewer really understands just how limited personal computers were then -- they couldn't really handle things of the sophistication of PLATO lessons until the mid 1980s at least -- and even then you'd miss out on the multiuser concepts.