[ale] first computer for tracking air targets

[david at systemoverlord.com (David Tomaschik)]

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Watson, Keith <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Someone on the list posted a URL to one of the first computer systems used to track airborne targets. The system was built by IBM and was spread across an entire multi story building.
>
> I thought I had bookmarked the site but apparently I didn't. Can anyone remember the link or what to search for in the ALE archives?
>
> Thanks,
> keith
>

It's probably the AN/FSQ-7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FSQ-7)
you're thinking of.  There are a number of links in the references
section of the Wikipedia article that might be the page you're looking
for.

David


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