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History of IBM SAGE


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Historical film outlines the development of SAGE computer system as a security-tool. Built by IBM, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) computers were used in an early U.S. air defense system.

When fully deployed in 1963, the system consisted of 27 centers throughout North America, each with a duplexed AN/FSQ-7 computer system containing over 50,000 vacuum tubes, weighing 250 tons and occupying an acre of floor space.

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