<s>
The	O
need	O
for	O
the	O
FYQ-93	O
system	O
became	O
apparent	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
when	O
the	O
Semi-Automatic	B-Device
Ground	I-Device
Environment	I-Device
(	O
SAGE	O
)	O
system	O
became	O
technologically	O
obsolete	O
and	O
logistically	O
unsupportable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enough	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
in	O
place	O
in	O
mid	O
1983	O
for	O
the	O
SAGE	B-Device
system	I-Device
to	O
officially	O
shut	O
down	O
and	O
the	O
JSS	O
became	O
the	O
air	O
defense	O
system	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
proprietary	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
JOVIAL	B-Language
termed	O
JSS	O
JOVIAL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
generation	O
Hughes	O
systems	O
used	O
2K	O
X	O
2K	O
resolution	O
20	O
"	O
X	O
20	O
"	O
color	O
raster	O
displays	O
,	O
touch	O
entry	O
,	O
voice	O
synthesis	O
and	O
recognition	O
consoles	O
,	O
dual	O
redundant	O
Fiber	O
Optic	O
Token	O
ring	O
buses	O
to	O
link	O
all	O
consoles	O
and	O
computers	O
,	O
extensive	O
processing	O
in	O
the	O
consoles	O
including	O
mission	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
movement	O
into	O
software	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
Ada	B-Language
.	O
</s>
