THE VIDEO SHELF · vintage mainframe computing
The IBM 1401 compiles and runs FORTRAN II
CuriousMarc and colleagues at the Computer History Museum try to compile and run a FORTRAN II program on a 1959 IBM 1401. The machine has only 16k of memory and a CPU not meant for scientific work, so success is far from guaranteed.
Why HN readers recommended it
Passed around in computing-history threads as a charming example of vintage hardware being coaxed into running FORTRAN.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CuriousMarc
- Topic
- vintage mainframe computing
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2021
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From the original HN conversations
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If you haven't seen this already, CuriousMarc has also done this awesome series on the restoration of an original AGC - Apollo Guidance Computer last year. [LINK] And then there are real treats such as the restoration of a Teletype 33 ASR: [LINK] Or them …
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csense on Hacker News · 2020-04
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