> On Jun 13, 2024, at 8:14 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks. The Iliac IV was highlighted in the Sept (?) 1971 Scientific
> American, the Iliac I was in service from around 1956ish so I was curious
> about where the Iliac II fit it, it's less well-known of a machine.
> Bill
Wikipedia has a brief article. Note that the four ILLIACs are quite unrelated;
the name simply means they were designed at the University of Illinois and
meant to be installed there. ILLIAC IV ended up at a Navy base because of
student protests; the Navy (which paid for the machine) decided they didn't
think it would be safe enough at its originally intended home, the CAC (Center
for Advanced Communication) building in Urbana, IL.
ILLIAC I was the original home of the PLATO system -- PLATO I (single user) and
I think PLATO II (two users) as well. With PLATO III things moved to CDC
machines: III on the 1604, IV on the 6000 series.
paul
