16 Oct
2008
16 Oct
'08
12:53 p.m.
In article <48F783F8.1030000 at brouhaha.com>,
Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
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.
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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.