The World’s Biggest Computer Kept Us Safe from Cold War Commies
Listen to the heartbeat of SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment), IBM’s giant air defense computer, in this propaganda … I mean, educational … film from approximately 1956. Weighing in 250 tons and using 60,000 vacuum tubes, SAGE “was the largest computer ever built.” It required an acre of floor space. When the full system of 27…
