[vcf-midatlantic] 1970's TV show that taught FORTRAN ?

Andy Meyer ysgdhio at gmail.com
Wed Feb 24 01:00:08 UTC 2021


I'm not familiar with Fast Forward.
Got any clips or images?

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 6:45 PM William Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Fast Forward?  It didn't exclusively teach FORTRAN, but it touched on it
> and other computer topics in several episodes.  Loved the core
> memory/doughnuts show.
>
> Bill S.
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> Looking to settle an argument...
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> I remember there was once a TV show that taught FORTRAN programming.
>
> This would have been the mid-1970's and I think it was broadcast over WNET
> channel 13 (NYC metro area PBS) in the afternoon.
>
> I can't have been the only one to have seen it, but I'm unable to find
> anything about it on the net.
>
> Reply to the list.
>
> TIA,
> Andy
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