Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory - Revision history

Jnc: Add Les Earnest as a founder

2025-10-02T15:48:51Z

Add Les Earnest as a founder

Jnc: /* External links */ +History of Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab people and spinoffs

2025-10-02T13:59:23Z

‎External links: +History of Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab people and spinoffs

Jnc: Fix Super Foonly link; retrieve linked page from the Internet Archive

2024-11-09T14:38:13Z

Fix Super Foonly link; retrieve linked page from the Internet Archive

Jnc: +New category

2024-01-10T00:20:35Z

+New category

Jnc: Improve list of non-AI output; +Nine Months of Labour at SAIL

2024-01-06T21:57:23Z

Improve list of non-AI output; +Nine Months of Labour at SAIL

Jnc: Add info on SAIL's computing resources; add ref to SUDS

2024-01-06T21:18:20Z

Add info on SAIL's computing resources; add ref to SUDS

Jnc: /* External links */ +SAIL DECsystem-10/20 Hardware Manual

2024-01-03T15:49:12Z

‎External links: +SAIL DECsystem-10/20 Hardware Manual

Jnc: Cover the SAILDART online archive of SAIL files

2023-08-11T15:03:27Z

Cover the SAILDART online archive of SAIL files

Larsbrinkhoff: D.C. Power building wasn't entirely abandoned in 1980.

2021-09-30T06:25:00Z

D.C. Power building wasn't entirely abandoned in 1980.

Jnc: Jnc moved page Stanford Artifical Intelligence Laboratory to Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory without leaving a redirect: Typo

2019-07-08T13:51:52Z

Jnc moved page Stanford Artifical Intelligence Laboratory to Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory without leaving a redirect: Typo

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-The '''Stanford Artifical Intelligence Laboratory''' (often known as the '''Stanford AI Lab''', or '''SAIL''' for short) was an influential early computer science research organization, at Stanford University.
+The '''Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory''' (often known as the '''Stanford AI Lab''', or '''SAIL''' for short) was an influential early computer science research organization, at Stanford University.
-It was founded in 1963 by John McCarthy, and was initially housed in the D. C. Power building (named after a person, Donald Clinton Power, not [[direct current|D. C. power]]), located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, over the campus.
+It was founded in 1963 by [[John McCarthy]] and [[Les Earnest]], and was initially housed in the D. C. Power building (named after a person, Donald Clinton Power, not [[direct current|D. C. power]]), located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, over the campus.
 In 1980, SAIL was shut down as an independent institution; the remains of the Lab were merged into Stanford's Computer Science Department.  The remnants moved out of the famed D. C. Power building, leaving [[CCRMA]] behind, and moved into the CS Department's location in Margaret Jacks Hall on the main campus.
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 SAIL was re-opened as an independent entity in 2004.
-Although focused on AI work, on which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions to computer science generally; one was that SAIL was the first institution which provided a [[video terminal]] in everyone's office. (Several SAIL alumni were part of the revolution in [[user interface]]s at [[Xerox PARC]].) Another notable one was one of the very first [[computer-aided design|CAD]] systems, [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]], done as part of the later-terminated [[Super Foonly]] project at SAIL.
+Although focused on [[artificial intelligence]] work, on which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions to computer science generally; one was that SAIL was the first institution which provided a [[video terminal]] in everyone's office. (Several SAIL alumni were part of the revolution in [[user interface]]s at [[Xerox PARC]].) Another notable one was one of the very first [[computer-aided design|CAD]] systems, [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]], done as part of the later-terminated [[Super Foonly]] project at SAIL.
 ==Computing resources==

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 ** [https://saildart.org/simple/index-book-simple.html SAILDART] - also contains a good summary history of SAIL
 ** [https://saildart.org/simple/book/2019.pdf SAILDART Prolegomenon] - lengthy; a Table of Contents is on pp. 140-144 of the PDF
 [[Category: Research Organizations]]
 [[Category: PDP-10 Users]]

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 SAIL was re-opened as an independent entity in 2004.
-Although focused on AI work, on which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions to computer science generally; one was that SAIL was the first institution which provided a [[video terminal]] in everyone's office. (Several SAIL alumni were part of the revolution in [[user interface]]s at [[Xerox PARC]].) Another notable one was one of the very first [[CAD]] systems, [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]], done as part of the later-terminated [[Superfoonly]] project at SAIL.
+Although focused on AI work, on which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions to computer science generally; one was that SAIL was the first institution which provided a [[video terminal]] in everyone's office. (Several SAIL alumni were part of the revolution in [[user interface]]s at [[Xerox PARC]].) Another notable one was one of the very first [[computer-aided design|CAD]] systems, [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]], done as part of the later-terminated [[Super Foonly]] project at SAIL.
 ==Computing resources==
-Throughout most of its early life, SAIL principally used [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[PDP-10]] machines, running their own [[WAITS]] [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]]. They started with a [[PDP-6]]; later, a [[KA10]] was added (eventually equipped with a [[BBN Pager]]); finally a [[KL10]] (received in trade for the design engineering for the Superfoonly, which became the basis of the KL10) became the main machine.
+Throughout most of its early life, SAIL principally used [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[PDP-10]] machines, running their own [[WAITS]] [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]]. They started with a [[PDP-6]]; later, a [[KA10]] was added (eventually equipped with a [[BBN Pager]]); finally a [[KL10]] (received in trade for the design engineering for the Super Foonly, which became the basis of the KL10) became the main machine.
 ==File repository==
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 ==External links==
-* [https://forum.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Early_Computers_at_Stanford#Stanford_Artificial_Intelligence_Lab_.281965_to_1979.29 Early Computers at Stanford]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220729235053/https://forum.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Early_Computers_at_Stanford#Stanford_Artificial_Intelligence_Lab_.281965_to_1979.29 Early Computers at Stanford]
 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/sail/ SAIL] - documents at [[Bitsavers]]
 ** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/sail/SAILON-75A_DECsystem-1020_Hardware_Manual_DEC-10-XSRMA-D_Jan77.pdf DECsystem-10/20 Hardware Manual] - an appendix in this copy (pp. 227-241 of the PDF) contains details on changes to SAIL's PDP-6 and -10's

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 SAIL was re-opened as an independent entity in 2004.
-Although focused on AI work, on which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions in computer science generally; one notable one was one of the very first [[CAD]] systems, [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]].
+Although focused on AI work, on which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions to computer science generally; one was that SAIL was the first institution which provided a [[video terminal]] in everyone's office. (Several SAIL alumni were part of the revolution in [[user interface]]s at [[Xerox PARC]].) Another notable one was one of the very first [[CAD]] systems, [[Stanford University Design System|SUDS]], done as part of the later-terminated [[Superfoonly]] project at SAIL.
 ==Computing resources==
-Throughout most of its early life, SAIL principally used [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[PDP-10]] machines, running their own [[WAITS]] [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]]. They started with a [[PDP-6]]; later, a [[KA10]] was added (eventually equipped with a [[BBN Pager]]); finally a [[KL10]] (received in trade for the design engineering fror the [[Superfoonly]], done at SAIL, the basis of the KL10) became the main machine.
+Throughout most of its early life, SAIL principally used [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] [[PDP-10]] machines, running their own [[WAITS]] [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]]. They started with a [[PDP-6]]; later, a [[KA10]] was added (eventually equipped with a [[BBN Pager]]); finally a [[KL10]] (received in trade for the design engineering for the Superfoonly, which became the basis of the KL10) became the main machine.
 ==File repository==
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 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/sail/ SAIL] - documents at [[Bitsavers]]
 ** [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/sail/SAILON-75A_DECsystem-1020_Hardware_Manual_DEC-10-XSRMA-D_Jan77.pdf DECsystem-10/20 Hardware Manual] - an appendix in this copy (pp. 227-241 of the PDF) contains details on changes to SAIL's PDP-6 and -10's
-* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120515090608/www.stanford.edu/~learnest/sailaway.htm SAIL Away] (archived copy)
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120515090608/www.stanford.edu/~learnest/sailaway.htm SAIL Away] (archived copy) - contains much SAIL history
-* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/sail/Les_Earnest/Sail_Away.txt SAIL Away] - a later, more up to date version (but missing some older detail)
+* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/sail/Les_Earnest/Sail_Away.txt SAIL Away] - a later, slightly more up to date version
 * [https://saildart.org/ SAILDART]
 ** [https://saildart.org/simple/ About SAIL DART ● ORG]

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-The '''Stanford Artifical Intelligence Laboratory''' (often known as the '''Stanford AI Lab''' or '''SAIL''' for short) was an influential early computer science research organization, at Stanford University.
+The '''Stanford Artifical Intelligence Laboratory''' (often known as the '''Stanford AI Lab''', or '''SAIL''' for short) was an influential early computer science research organization, at Stanford University.
-It was founded in 1963 by John McCarthy, and was initially housed in the D. C. Power building (named after a person, not [[direct current|D. C. power]]), located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, over the campus.
+It was founded in 1963 by John McCarthy, and was initially housed in the D. C. Power building (named after a person, Donald Clinton Power, not [[direct current|D. C. power]]), located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, over the campus.
-Although focused on AI work, om which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions in computer science generally, such as the [[WAITS]] [[operating system]].
+Although focused on AI work, on which it achieved much, SAIL made a number of significant contributions in computer science generally, such as the [[WAITS]] [[operating system]].
-In 1980, SAIL was shut down as an independent institution.  The AI lab moved out of the famed D. C. Power building, leaving CCRMA behind.  The remains of the Lab were merged into Stanford's Computer Science Department, and moved into the CS Department's location in Margaret Jacks Hall on the main campus.
+In 1980, SAIL was shut down as an independent institution. The AI lab moved out of the famed D. C. Power building, leaving [[CCRMA]] behind. The remains of the Lab were merged into Stanford's Computer Science Department, and moved into the CS Department's location in Margaret Jacks Hall on the main campus.
 SAIL was re-opened in 2004.
 ==See also==
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 * [https://forum.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Early_Computers_at_Stanford#Stanford_Artificial_Intelligence_Lab_.281965_to_1979.29 Early Computers at Stanford]
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20120515090608/www.stanford.edu/~learnest/sailaway.htm SAIL Away] (archived copy)
+* [https://saildart.org/ SAILDART]
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+** [https://saildart.org/simple/ About SAIL DART ● ORG]
 [[Category: Research Organizations]]

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