On 11/15/2017 09:13 PM, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote:
On 2017-11-15 10:07 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
On 11/15/2017 07:09 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Earlier, there was the SAGE computer (the air defense
one, not the PC by the same name), which had built-in
ash trays at each operator station.
Ash trays?? HA, they had auto-style CIGARETTE LIGHTERS
BUILT INTO the "radar screen" consoles! Take a look at a
photo!
Jon
The IBM 803 proof machine developed in the late 40s had an
ash tray built in, it was the only IBM machine I ever saw
that had one. I stood right in front of the scopes at a
SAGE site but I don't recall the ash trays or lighters.
But I do remember the light guns, blue lighting and the
aful flash of the high persistance scope when they whrere
drawn.
Paul.
Check out this photo :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment#/media/File:SAGE_console.jpeg
next to the ashtray, there's a little round hole with a
chrome ring - that's where a standard car cigarette lighter
plugged in. A 6 V lighter would work fine off the massive
filament transformers these things had.
Jon
