19 Jul
2005
19 Jul
'05
11:15 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, 'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Before we say the reporter was wrong, consider this:
of course the main SAGE
computers in the 1950s used vacuum tubes, but isn't it likely that the
later, remote facilities (like the one in this story) used transistors?
The SAGE at Stewart was a full blown DC (Direction Center). According
to radomes.org, the AN/FSQ-7 was the only equipment installed, and it was
deactivated at the end of 1969. Coverage of the Boston Air Defense Sector
at Stewart was taken over by the SAGE at Hancock Field in Syracuse, in
November of 1969. Hancock's SAGE was one of the last to be deactivated,
in October of 1983.
Here's another article about Stewart's DC, from 2001:
http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/archives/arch_story/101701.htm
And a short blurb about SAGE at Stewart:
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsQ_S/sage.htm
Here are some shots of the SAGE blockhouse at Stewart, as of 2001:
http://radomes.org/museum/recent/StewartAFBNY.html
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://ripsaw.cac.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/