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The IBM SAGE air defense system made use of 'light gun's that allowed a radar operator to point and select a particular blip on the screen, indicating to the SAGE (AN/FSQ-7) computer that this is a target for further tracking and processing. Inside the handheld gun as this tiny photomultiplier tube which would detect the light emitted by the section of the display screen where it was pointed, thus combining this with awareness of the horizontal and vertical scan timing would give the position on the screen.
Own a bit of first generation computer technology from the very innovative SAGE system which was a building sized system, 22,000 square feet in area, implemented with vacuum tubes for its logic and very early magnetic core memory.
Photo of the SAGE console courtesy of Ed Thelen
Will send anywhere in the US by USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box
The IBM SAGE air defense system made use of 'light gun's that allowed a radar operator to point and select a particular blip on the screen, indicating to the SAGE (AN/FSQ-7) computer that this is a target for further tracking and processing. Inside the handheld gun as this tiny photomultiplier tube which would detect the light emitted by the section of the display screen where it was pointed, thus combining this with awareness of the horizontal and vertical scan timing would give the position on the screen.
Own a bit of first generation computer technology from the very innovative SAGE system which was a building sized system, 22,000 square feet in area, implemented with vacuum tubes for its logic and very early magnetic core memory.
Photo of the SAGE console courtesy of Ed Thelen
Will send anywhere in the US by USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box
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