The FSQ-7 (the successor to MIT's
Whirlwind computer developed by Lincoln Labs and IBM) was the first
computer to use magnetic core as its random access memory and was the core
of the SAGE system. The SAGE system was the first large operating program
to be developed. This was accomplished with a few experienced programmers
and hundreds of inexperienced programmers who received formal and hands-on
training. Programming for SAGE enabled the development of a sophisticated
utility system containing a compiler, a checker, and a communications pool.
Scanned from the Annuals of the History of Computing, Vol.
5 #4 October 1983
SAGE BLUE ROOM
