SAGE System at the Lincoln Laboratory,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 

The Direction Center Computer

The Central Computer was a binary, parallel machine with a speed
of roughly 75,000 single address instructions per second.


Part of the Data Processing Section
Note:  Tektronix 545 Dual Trace oscilloscope on the left on it's roll-around cart.


One of 12 Magnetic Drums. Capacity of all was 150,000 32 bit words.


Magnetic Core Memory had a 8,192 word capacity


Central Computer Frames - 70 total with 60,000 tubes

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