On Guard! The Story of SAGE (~1956)

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The development of the SAGE system cost more than the Manhattan Project (atomic bomb).

It was an American air-defense system. The largest computer ever built. Used from the 1950s all the way into the 1980s.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment

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