AN/FSQ-7

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The AN/FSQ-7 (aka "Whirlwind II") intercept computer, developed by Cambridge Research Laboratory and IBM in partnership with the US Air Force, was, as its alias suggests, a modified Whirlwind computer. The 'Q-7 was used in performing air defense command and control functions.

The computer system was first tested by placing it at a control center in Cambridge, Massachusetts to receive data from a long-range and several short-range radars set up on Cape Cod. The key breakthrough was the development of magnetic core memory that vastly improved the machine's reliability, operating speed (×2), and input speed (×4) over the original storage vacuum tube memory.

See also: SAGE

External links

• AN/FSQ-7 "Whirlwind II" Intercept Computer – From the Online Air Defense Radar Museum (by The Air Defense Radar Veterans' Association).