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

[Andy Meyer]

Great, thanks Bill.

I remember David Stringer.
But this isn't the show I was thinking of either.


On Wed, Feb 24, 2021, 11:30 AM William Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Information age episode:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGx0pUbG_Vw&list=WL&index=78
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> Music synth clip:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkUTChyWOB4
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> Core memory clip (with doughnuts!):
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT1bAw9U6YA
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> Microelectronics clip:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ynEPGzF04
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> *From:* Andy Meyer [mailto:ysgdhio at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 23, 2021 8:00 PM
> *To:* William Sudbrink
> *Cc:* vcf-midatlantic
> *Subject:* Re: [vcf-midatlantic] 1970's TV show that taught FORTRAN ?
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> I'm not familiar with Fast Forward.
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> Got any clips or images?
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> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021, 6:45 PM William Sudbrink <wh.sudbrink at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Bill S.
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> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] 1970's TV show that taught FORTRAN ?
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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.
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> 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.
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> I can't have been the only one to have seen it, but I'm unable to find
> anything about it on the net.
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> Reply to the list.
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> TIA,
> Andy
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