13 Jun
2024
13 Jun
'24
5:52 p.m.
On Jun 13, 2024, at 8:14 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Thanks. The Iliac IV was highlighted in the Sept (?) 1971 Scientific
American, the Iliac I was in service from around 1956ish so I was curious
about where the Iliac II fit it, it's less well-known of a machine.
Bill
Wikipedia has a brief article. Note that the four ILLIACs are quite unrelated; the name
simply means they were designed at the University of Illinois and meant to be installed
there. ILLIAC IV ended up at a Navy base because of student protests; the Navy (which
paid for the machine) decided they didn't think it would be safe enough at its
originally intended home, the CAC (Center for Advanced Communication) building in Urbana,
IL.
ILLIAC I was the original home of the PLATO system -- PLATO I (single user) and I think
PLATO II (two users) as well. With PLATO III things moved to CDC machines: III on the
1604, IV on the 6000 series.
paul