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From: pur... James R Purdon
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 15:01

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In article <93...@asylum.SF.CA.US> karl@asylum.UUCP (Karl Auerbach) writes:
>The best set of blinkin' lights I ever saw on a computer was on an
>old SAGE machine, the Q32 (or was it the Q7?) -- the console was about
>15 feet long, 8 feet high and covered with switches, dials, and what-nots.

Several large pieces (if not the whole thing) of one of the SAGE machines
are on display in the Computer Museum at 300 Congress St. in Boston, MA.

James Purdon
pur...@cons1.mit.edu

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