Last night on the CBC TV news there was an item about a decommissioned
underground NORAD bunker in North Bay, Ont. and how the Cdn gov/DoD is trying
to figure out what to do with it. The control room is still filled with
equipment, including SAGE-style-or-era video consoles (not sure that they were
SAGE, the camera went by too quickly). There was also a camera shot of what
appeared to be some other desk-style computer console. The reporter referred
to the place as being 'filled with obsolete equipment', the rest of the
systems are presumably still there too.
.. now that would be a rescue .. one can dream, but it'll probably all end up
in the scrap bins. Perhaps somebody nearby should start making inquiries.
Does anybody with a background in SAGE know whether that bunker was part of
SAGE, or what systems would be in there? I've never been really clear on how
the SAGE / DEW line / other NORAD systems related to each other or
overlapped/interconnected in operations or equipment.