16 Oct
2008
16 Oct
'08
10:47 a.m.
In article <48F6B450.2277EBCB at cs.ubc.ca>,
Brent Hilpert <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> writes:
I'm not sure if you're distinguishing here
between SAGE and Whirlwind, but I'
m
quite sure Whirlwind was using CRTs for graphical
displays. I recall them bei
ng
mentioned in the Whirlwind book, although it's
been years since I've read it.
Presumably it had to, as it was used to as a proof-of-concept (and marketing
hook) for SAGE. Whirlwind did run 'real-world' tests of the bomber intercept
system.
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.
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