SAGE - Semi Automatic Ground Environment - Part 1/2

[outdoorlife25]

My father was assigned to NORAD in the mid to late '60's, and we were posted first at McChord AFB, Washington (massive SAGE building there) and in '66 moved to Hamilton AFB just north of San Francisco when the HQ Western NORAD Region was moved there. Occasionally my dad would take me into the SAGE complex, and it was amazing.

[cometogetherband]

I wish I had a computer like that :)

5*****

[mwp62]

2:01 looks like a giant jukebox.

[bohica17]

I am trying to explain to my kids the leaps in technolegy over the years. How would the "SAGE programing and operations center" capibilites compare to my HP lap top with 2 gig RAM?

[jeroen79]

Your laptop will have more processing power packed into a smaller space.

It only has less screenspace.

[montyw47]

I worked at NYADS in 1966. It is WONDERFUL to see the building again! I repaired the computers, at one point we had to wear white coveralls in place of uniform. Would like to get in touch w/people there when I was there 1966-1968.

12/67 we were told that at midnight 12/31/67 that NYADS,the first operational direction center, was to be turned off. Decommissioned & saddest day of my life. TDY to 46th ADMS( Plutonium accident there in 1961) then to HQ NORAD Colorade my next PCS.

[Kenzofeis]

"The DisplayScope!"

wooooooo I want one of those! A must!

[kayteaas]

Isn't that a missle at the beginning of the film? Isn't the AGE not equip to detect missles?

confused. Also can't spell missles

[JPDworkin]

I was a weapons controller technician at the SAGE installation in Syracuse, NY in the late '70s and am a professional programmer now. An amazing system for the times, although that intercept to autopilot feature never worked and we gave the vectors to the fighter aircraft over the radios.

[jtel]

Wow, what a remarkable video.

[maxsmodels]

It almost makes you long for the cold war. We were really inventive (and still are).

I love America!

[gonzogaijin007]

Your information helped me understand this better and gave me a lot of info about this system and its use development and how it affects us today with the computers we use today. Thank You for your hard and tedious work I appreciate it.