Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
A web site focusing on the history of the USAF
AN/FSQ-7 Air Defense Computer System
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
A web site focusing on the history
of the USAF
AN/FSQ-7 Air Defense Computer System
AN/FSQ-7 Computer Firsts
- Random-access magnetic core memory (Patented)
- Real-time operating system with task sequencing
- Computer networking
- Digital transmission over telephone lines (modem)
- Computer driven displays
- On-line terminals
- High-reliability computation
- Marginal checking (Component Fault Prediction)
- Software debugging tools
- Automatic data description language
(Assembly Language Compiler)- Computer graphics
- Digital signal processing
- Digital track-while-scan
- Digital real-time system simulation
- Light gun (Mouse equivalent) input
- Magnetic Drum Storage (Disc equivalent)
AN/FSQ-7 Duplexed Computer Maintenance Consoles -- Active and Standby