I also had the opportunity to visit the UGC, but after operations had moved
aboveground. The followup to SAGE, the AN/FYQ93 (ROCC, SOCC, JSS) equipment
was still in place, but powered down. This was in 2007. I had previously
worked on both SAGE and the ROCC at McChord AFB as a computer maintenance
tech.
On Sat, 2 Jan 2021, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
North Bay is not on the DEW line the DEW line is above the arctic circle and
while North Bay may seem like the far north to some it is a long way below
the arctic circle is actually at about the level of the Pine Tree Line. CFB
North Bay was the SAGE site for the 22nd NORAD region. The SAGE site was 600
ft under ground in a cavern carved out of solid rock. I had the good fortune
of going on a tour of the underground while the AN/FSQ-7 computers where
still operating.
Paul.
On 2021-01-02 10:08 p.m., Nigel Johnson via cctalk wrote:
For one exciting moment there I thought that you were talking about the
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment - which a friend of mine was a tech on
in North Bay, ON, part of the DEW line!
I was getting ready to up stakes and hop off to Philadelphia!
cheers,
Nigel
Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU
Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept!
Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.john...@ieee.org
On 2021-01-02 8:44 p.m., Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
On Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 7:11 PM Liam Proven via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:
This may be old news -- it was new to me, though.
https://suddendisruption.blogspot.com/search/label/Booting%20Sage%20Computer
I'm not really familiar with SAGE machines. They were not as
well-known in the UK, I think, being upmarket from the Apple ][ and
IBM PC, both of which were eye-wateringly expensive by UK standards of
the time.
Also, they were terminal-based things and even back then I was
interested in boxes with graphics. :-)
There is a SAGE II at Kennett Classic. When I give tours I like to
compare
and contrast the SAGE with the IBM PC, Motorola 68000 vs Intel 8086.
If anyone is in the Philadelphia area stop by and we can fire them up.
Pascal.
Bill
Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
