IBM Ad for SAGE, A Massive Cold War Air Defense System (1960)

[syscom3]

This 1960 IBM ad touts the capabilities of SAGE, a massive Cold War-era automated system for tracking and destroying incoming enemy bombers.

IBM Ad for SAGE, A Massive Cold War Air Defense System (1960)

 

[Shinpachi]

Technology for the 21st century existed in 1960!

 

[Torch]

My company has come a long way since then..

 

[Shinpachi]

ibm

 

[Torch]

Yeah 3-1 will be 34 years with them....

 

[pbfoot]

there were more then one of these computers think of every NORAD region and all the back ups for. I would guess 30 or so