16 Sep
2018
16 Sep
'18
8:57 p.m.
On 09/16/2018 08:45 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote:
ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/232927847019
https://secretsofcoldwarradar.omeka.net/exhibits/show/cold-war-radar-techno…
can someone identify exactly what this box was called, when it was deployed, and what
training manual they are referring to?
we have a couple
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102633198
and they keep getting mis-identified.
The SAGE was the AN/FSQ-7 computer, possibly the sub-units
had some IBM designation, although a quick scan of some
bitsavers docs didn't turn that up. The SAGE main system
were built on gigantic racks covered with modules with a row
of tubes on them. So, no housing as we normally would
expect. But, I think the core memory was different, and was
built into a housing. I think the memory unit had few tubes
in it, needed shielding and probably used controlled
temperature, so a housing made more sense.
But, that unit definitely matches what the SAGE core memory
units looked like.
Jon