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Paolo Amoroso
Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Does the text output of your Fortran code look dull? Cheaply increase the value of your software and attract new users by restyling with these newfangled graphics primitives.

As seen on this Stanford CS Technical Report published in 1978.

https://bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/Stanford_CS_TR_Collection_2025-12-12/PDF/1978/CS-TR-78-663.pdf

#fortran #graphics #retrocomputing

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Paul Flo Williams
Paul Flo Williams
@hisdeedsaredust@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 32 minutes ago

@amoroso That scan is really messed up — it looks like a ransom note!

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Paolo Amoroso
Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 27 minutes ago

@hisdeedsaredust LOL indeed.

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