Lincoln Laboratory - Revision history

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'''Lincoln Laboratory''', while formally a part of [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], is effectively an independent research organization.

It is in some sense a descendant of the Radiation Laboratory, set up at MIT in WWII to do work on radar (although the only connection is that some people from the Rad Lab later worked at Lincoln). Lincoln was set up in 1951 to help build the [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment]], the US's first air defense system. It has been involved in research work useful for national defense, and more recently, other national priorities as well, ever since.

The [[Memory Test Computer]] was built there in 1952, by Group 62 and Group 63, to test the first [[core memory]], intended for use in [[Whirlwind]] (which was used for a prototype of SAGE). The [[TX-0]] computer was built at Lincoln Laboratory in 1955, to try out using [[transistor]]s to build a computer. It was later followed by the [[TX-2]], which was the host for [[Sketchpad]].

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==Further reading==

* Ed. Eva C. Freeman, ''MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in the National Interest'', MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1995
* Ed. Alan A. Grometstein, ''MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in Support of National Security'', MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 2011

==External links==

* [https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/history History]
** [https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/history/sage-semi-automatic-ground-environment-air-defense-system SAGE: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Air Defense System]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140930210150/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/about.html About Lincoln Laboratory]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140930203157/http://www.ll.mit.edu/employment/orgtechdivisions.html Organization of Technical Divisions]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828220219/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/RadLab.html MIT Radiation Laboratory]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828223103/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/SAGE_TOCpage.html SAGE: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Air Defense System]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828221136/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/newthreat.html A New Threat]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828224042/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/origins.html Lincoln Laboratory Origins]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20161204075643/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/projectcharles.html Lincoln Laboratory Origins (part 2)]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828213825/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/SAGEairdefensesystem.html The SAGE Air Defense System]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828221740/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/earlydigitalcomputing.html Early Digital Computing]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20150208150649/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/digitalcomputing_2.html Early Digital Computing (part 2)]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828223207/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/capecodprototype.html Cape Cod SAGE Prototype]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811144042/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/capecodprototype-2.html Cape Cod SAGE Prototype (part 2)]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828221032/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/earlywarningradars.html Early-Warning Radars]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828221032/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/earlywarningradars2.html Part 2: MIT Lincoln Laboratory develops UHF early-warning radar]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828221032/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/earlywarningradars3.html Part 3: Jug Handle, Boston Hill, and Texas Tower radars]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828221442/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/transition.html SAGE Transition] - covers the creation of [[MITRE]]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828222855/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/reflections.html Reflections on SAGE]

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828223543/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/newcallings.html New Callings]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828224121/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/historybook.html MIT Lincoln Laboratory's History Book]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160811032204/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/60-innovations.pdf 60 Innovations Over Sixty Years: Highlights of Technology Advances at MIT Lincoln Laboratory]
* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/lincolnLaboratory/ Lincoln Laboratory] - documents at [[Bitsavers]]

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 * [[TX-0]] - supposedly the first [[transistor]] computer
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 * [[LINC]] - supposedly the first [[personal computer]]

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 Several innovative early computers were created at Lincoln Laboratory. They include:
 * [[TX-0]] - supposedly the first [[transistor]] computer
 * [[TX-2]]

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	The [[Memory Test Computer]] was built there in 1952, by Group 62 and Group 63, to test the first [[core memory]], intended for use in [[Whirlwind]] (which was used for a prototype of SAGE). The [[TX-0]] computer was built at Lincoln Laboratory in 1955, to try out using [[transistor]]s to build a computer. It was later followed by the [[TX-2]], which was the host for [[Sketchpad]].		The [[Memory Test Computer]] was built there in 1952, by Group 62 and Group 63, to test the first [[core memory]], intended for use in [[Whirlwind]] (which was used for a prototype of SAGE). The [[TX-0]] computer was built at Lincoln Laboratory in 1955, to try out using [[transistor]]s to build a computer. It was later followed by the [[TX-2]], which was the host for [[Sketchpad]].
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		+	Several innovative early computers were created at Lincoln Laboratory. They include:
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 ==External links==
 * [https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/history History]
 ** [https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/history/sage-semi-automatic-ground-environment-air-defense-system SAGE: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Air Defense System]]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140930210150/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/about.html About Lincoln Laboratory]
-** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140930203157/http://www.ll.mit.edu/employment/orgtechdivisions.html Organization of Technical Divisions]
+** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828220219/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/RadLab.html MIT Radiation Laboratory]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828223103/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/SAGE_TOCpage.html SAGE: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Air Defense System]
 ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828221136/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/newthreat.html A New Threat]

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 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160811032204/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/60-innovations.pdf 60 Innovations Over Sixty Years: Highlights of Technology Advances at MIT Lincoln Laboratory]
 * [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/lincolnLaboratory/ Lincoln Laboratory] - documents at [[Bitsavers]]
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 * Ed. Eva C. Freeman, ''MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in the National Interest'', MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 1995
-* Ed. Alan A. Grometstein, ''MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in Support of National Security'', MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 2011
+* Ed. Alan A. Grometstein, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140828224121/http://www.ll.mit.edu/about/History/MIT_Lincoln_Laboratory_history_book.pdf ''MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in Support of National Security''], MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, 2011
 ==External links==