<![CDATA[io9: Sage]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Sage]]> http://io9.com/tag/sage http://io9.com/tag/sage <![CDATA[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. More »
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