das blinkenlights!

The glory of vintage computer were all the blinkenlights!

Mike Loewen worked on the SAGE and made this web site

The AN/FSQ-7 on TV and in the Movies
The USAF AN/FSQ-7 (SAGE) computer systems were the largest computers ever built, and were responsible for keeping a radar eye on our air space for more than 25 years until decommissioned in 1983. The Q7 was also a special effects dream, with more lights, switches and vacuum tubes than any other piece of hardware, and found its way into many science fiction movies and television programs over the years.

The IBM 7030 Stretch was a close second.
Links and photos:

ComputerHistory video IBM STRETCH - A Technology Link Between Yesterday & Tomorrow
Stretch console in action
IBM Stretch (7030) -- Aggressive Uniprocessor Parallelism
Computer History Museum's IBM Stretch Collection

front panels & display panels
	Inner panels from the IBM 1620 card reader/punch, which was a decimal machine (NOT binary)