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Re:The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities by aardvark291 on Monday June 25, 2018 @11:10PM (#17397617)
> giant SAGE installations at McChord and in Moses Lake

What's that?

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Re:The NSA’s Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities by EvanAnderson on Monday June 25, 2018 @11:28PM (#17397658)
SAGE was a late 1950's-60's computerized air defense system: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Enviro...

There used to be some SAGE equipment at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. I don't know if it's still there or not, but it was definitely interesting to see. The "light gun" user interface and the control consoles have a really pleasing aesthetic.

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