16 Sep
2018
16 Sep
'18
6:45 p.m.
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.
16 Sep
16 Sep
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
17 Sep
17 Sep
9:10 p.m.
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, 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?
In the T.O.
(http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/sage/3-32-0_Central_Computer_System_Vol1_F…),
that cabinet is called "core memory 1", or 256?? ferrite core array". We
just
called it "Big Mem". Here's a picture of the cabinet from McChord's
SAGE:
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/SAGE/BigMem.jpg
I'll have to look through my references to find out when it was deployed.
That training manual doesn't seem to be on Bitsavers. :-) It would be nice
to find it.
we have a couple
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102633198
and they keep getting mis-identified.
I have one, as well:
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/SAGE/Coreplane-1L.jpg
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
18 Sep
18 Sep
7:11 a.m.
Its a shame it wasn't in the complete unit. Unless someone actually erases it, core
memory will hold data until the sun swells up, as a red giant, and toast the earth.
One always wonders what one would find on these old cores.
Dwight
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Subject: Re: SAGE memory plane
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, 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?
In the T.O.
(http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/sage/3-32-0_Central_Computer_System_Vol1_F…),
that cabinet is called "core memory 1", or 256?? ferrite core array". We
just
called it "Big Mem". Here's a picture of the cabinet from McChord's
SAGE:
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/SAGE/BigMem.jpg
I'll have to look through my references to find out when it was deployed.
That training manual doesn't seem to be on Bitsavers. :-) It would be nice
to find it.
we have a couple
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102633198
and they keep getting mis-identified.
I have one, as well:
http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/SAGE/Coreplane-1L.jpg
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
8:32 a.m.
On 9/17/18 9:10 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:
?? I'll have to look through my references to find
out when it was deployed. That training manual doesn't seem to be on
Bitsavers.? :-)? It would be nice to find it.
Yes it would. The 'cold war secrets' site must have had access to a copy but I
have no idea if the entire document was
scanned
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