16 Oct
2008
16 Oct
'08
10:46 a.m.
In article <48F6A4DB.4060204 at brouhaha.com>,
Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
Richard wrote:
While the SAGE book I read (From Whirlwind to MITRE: The R&D Story of
The SAGE Air Defense Computer) talked quite a bit about Whirlwind, the
discussion was only in terms of its memory and CPU circuitry. I don't
reclal any mention of Whirlwind having a graphics display.
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So far, I can't find anything earlier than
SAGE.
No offence, but you're not looking very hard. Any credible reference on
SAGE will point you to the earlier MIT Whirlwind.