17 Oct
2008
17 Oct
'08
2:03 a.m.
Richard wrote:
In article <48F783F8.1030000 at brouhaha.com>,
Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
Well, read just about any reference on Whirlwind. Information about it
isn't particularly hard to find.
Richard wrote
No. I'm saying that I want to see some evidence that Whirlwind had
such a display *before* SAGE was envisioned and that it was used for
computer graphics like tasks (not for showing waveforms for test and
debugging of the hardware) driven by software.
Whirlwind was used in prototyping SAGE after it
was built. However, I
don't consider that to "predate SAGE" as its just part of the SAGE
design effort.
That's like claiming that the MX-774 ICBM was just part of the Apollo
spacecraft design effort.