IEEE Annals of the History of Computing · 1983 · 29 citations · 6 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceAvionicsComputer ArchitectureEmbedded SystemsAir WarfareControl System DesignControl Unit DesignAir Base DefenseAvionics System ArchitectureComputing HistoryControl ArchitectureDeploymentIntegrated Air DefenseMission Computer Architecture
This paper tells the story of the development of the SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Environment) air-defense computer, the AN/FSQ-7. At the time of its operational deployment in 1958, the AN/FSQ-7 was the first large-scale, real-time digital control computer supporting a major military mission. The AN/FSQ-7 design, including its architecture, components, and computer programs, drew on research and development programs throughout the United States, but mostly on work done at MIT's Project Whirlwind and at IBM.
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Project Whirlwind: The History of a Pioneer Computer
Nancy Stern, Kent C. Redmond, Thomas M. Smith et al. · Technology and Culture · 1981 · 46 citations
Robert R. Everett, Charles A. Zraket, Herbert D. Benington · 1958 · 33 citations