[LINK] The Original US Defence Computer System

[Tom Koltai]

The SAGE Air Defence System 

An interesting 12 minute movie.

http://www.archive.org/details/OnGuard1956 [Stream]
http://www.archive.org/download/OnGuard1956/OnGuard1956_512kb.mp4
[lo-res Dload]
http://www.archive.org/download/OnGuard1956/OnGuard1956_edit.mp4 [hi-res
Dload]

If anyone wants to run down memory lane, there are some great shots here
of the largest computer the world has ever seen.
With . Gasp . Real .Giant Picture Tubes. Google Earth, eat your heart
out...

Historical Note.

Sage predated TCP by 23 years yet worked via synched modem updates
between nodes and was only decommissioned in 1983.
[25 year NDA boys & Girls]
Also the emotive start and finish scenes "Let's build weapons to Save
the children".

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