5 Oct
2005
5 Oct
'05
8:35 a.m.
>>>> "Mike" == Mike Loewen
<mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us> writes:
Mike> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Allison wrote:
> Actually earlier, the SAGE system used a larger 12
to 16 inch
> round with a 10-12KV Accelerator. Heck look at the tube used for
> the PDP-1 Console.
Mike> The SAGE consoles used a 19" Charactron tube. ...
Mike> From the Computer History Museum:
Mike> http://www.computerhistory.org/VisibleStorage/images/102637043_sm.jpg
Mike> From Ed Thelen's site:
Mike> http://ed-thelen.org/sage.html
... or the SAGE programming manual on Al Kossow's site (in
pdf/ibm/sage), section 2. Very nice description.
paul
