[ale] first computer for tracking air targets

[James Taylor]

I don't have the link, but I did see the control console at the Boston Computer Museum a number of years ago (before they moved it to San Francisco) and it was pretty wild. Like Dr. Strangelove.  it even had an ashtray in the armrest.
-jt
 
 

James Taylor
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>>> "Watson, Keith" <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> 1/6/2012   08:39 AM >>> 
Someone on the list posted a URL to one of the first computer systems used to track airborne targets. The system was built by IBM and was spread across an entire multi story building.

I thought I had bookmarked the site but apparently I didn't. Can anyone remember the link or what to search for in the ALE archives?

Thanks,
keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
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