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The IBM 1401 compiles and runs FORTRAN II
CuriousMarc
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.
Passed around in computing-history threads as a charming example of vintage hardware being coaxed into running FORTRAN.
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