21 Aug
2008
21 Aug
'08
8:08 p.m.
I found some on Bitsavers.
"Illiac design techniques" (under univOfIllinoisUrbana/illiac/ILLIAC)
describes the basic logic elements, which are then just hooked
together as building blocks (And, Or, Not, and flip-flop).
Those are very useful. Thanks.
Under ibm/sage there's a documents list -- only
one of the documents
is actually there but a lot more are listed, including circuit
diagrams.? Maybe those are available...
The two I?d _really_ love to see even if they didn?t have info I could actually use are:
31P2-2FSQ7-142 Maintenance Techniques and Procedures of Central Computer for AN/FSQ-7,
Combat Direction Central
31P2-2FSQ7-212 Schematics for Central Computer of AN/FSQ-7, Combat Direction Central
Unfortunately, they aren?t on Bitsavers. I wonder if these were classified TOs.
21 Aug
21 Aug
8:36 p.m.
The two I'd _really_ love to see even if they
didn't have info I could actually use are:
31P2-2FSQ7-142 Maintenance Techniques and Procedures of Central Computer for AN/FSQ-7,
Combat Direction Central
31P2-2FSQ7-212 Schematics for Central Computer of AN/FSQ-7, Combat Direction Central
Unfortunately, they aren't on Bitsavers. I wonder if these were classified TOs.
They most certainly were, but SAGE docs were declassified very quickly
from Confidential to Restricted to nothing. My SAGE
docs were all
clear by at latest 1970.
--
Will
8:51 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, William Blair wrote:
The two I?d _really_ love to see even if they didn?t
have info I could actually use are:
31P2-2FSQ7-142 Maintenance Techniques and Procedures of Central Computer for AN/FSQ-7,
Combat Direction Central
31P2-2FSQ7-212 Schematics for Central Computer of AN/FSQ-7, Combat Direction Central
Unfortunately, they aren?t on Bitsavers. I wonder if these were classified TOs.
I made inquiries to MITRE within the last 2 years about any of the TOs
on that list that they might have in their archives. Their reply was,
they had no provisions for releasing them to the public. I even offered
to visit and photograph them, but no, sorry.
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
8:57 p.m.
I made inquiries to MITRE within the last 2 years
about any of the TOs on
that list that they might have in their archives. Their reply was, they had
no provisions for releasing them to the public. I even offered to visit and
photograph them, but no, sorry.
I run into this ALL the time talking to old timers. They insist what
they worked on was TOP SECRET and that they will be shot if they even
mention a vague detail. Just try convincing them that their project
was declassified 30 years ago...
Then again, if nobody bothered to tell them, being shot is a good
reason to keep your mouth shut until the coffin lid closes.
--
Will
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