What can you tell us about the programming aspects and documentation of the 1950s SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Enviroment) commissioned by the U.S. to IBM?
From my understanding, the SAGE system was the largest and most expensive computer system ever built, yet there is no documentation on the programming aspects of the system. The only information left behind are the physical components and the amound of money and time spent on the project.
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My Digital-Technology History class professor has been seeking someone who has lived during this time to tell us about this and more. I believe he is afraid everyone who has worked on this is going to pass away before any information is found. He works for the Charles-Babbage Institute, an institution dedicated to documentation all historical aspects of digital-technology. He would ABSOLUTELY LOVE the pleasure to have an Q&A with you about this era of programming.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, can I connect you two to talk so he can document this.
THIS IS FOR SCIENCE! He is a great professor, and he has been seeking this information for over his 15 years as a researcher. He would have more questions for you than all of us on Reddit combined (unless he is here on Reddit).
TLDR: Can I connect you with my professor who is dedicated to documenting historical technology. You have much needed info that he has been seeking for years to have documented.
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What can you tell us about the programming aspects and documentation of the 1950s SAGE (Semi-Automatic Ground Enviroment) commissioned by the U.S. to IBM?
From my understanding, the SAGE system was the largest and most expensive computer system ever built, yet there is no documentation on the programming aspects of the system. The only information left behind are the physical components and the amound of money and time spent on the project.
edit: My Digital-Technology History class professor has been seeking someone who has lived during this time to tell us about this and more. I believe he is afraid everyone who has worked on this is going to pass away before any information is found. He works for the Charles-Babbage Institute, an institution dedicated to documentation all historical aspects of digital-technology. He would ABSOLUTELY LOVE the pleasure to have an Q&A with you about this era of programming.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, can I connect you two to talk so he can document this.
THIS IS FOR SCIENCE! He is a great professor, and he has been seeking this information for over his 15 years as a researcher. He would have more questions for you than all of us on Reddit combined (unless he is here on Reddit).
TLDR: Can I connect you with my professor who is dedicated to documenting historical technology. You have much needed info that he has been seeking for years to have documented.
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