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Inside IBMs $67 billion SAGE, the largest computer ever built

2013-03-28 16:08:31| Extremetech

In 1957, IBM began the construction of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, by far the world's largest computer. Spanning more than 20 different locations, each equipped with acre-sized computers and connected by a nation-wide network of bleeding-edge 1,300-baud modems, SAGE was the pinnacle of the United States' Cold War radar and missile air defenses.

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