prolly hiding in closets of architecutre offices enineerin frims
On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Randy Dawson via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > For a while I have collected bits of legacy CAD, most recently Martin > Hepperle sent me what I believe is the last version of Hank Christianson's > MOVIE.BYU, a FORTRAN based 3D modeling and animation system. > > I also have experimented with the original Berkley SPICE, also written in > FORTRAN. > > > This weekend, I am reading "the Engineering Design Revolution", a 650 page > history of the CAD industry by David Weisberg, who was there and worked for > many of the companies in the beginning of the industry, I highly recommend > this for anyone interested in CAD: > > > www.cadhistory.net<http://www.cadhistory.net> > > The Engineering Design Revolution<http://www.cadhistory.net/> > www.cadhistory.net > The Engineering Design Revolution. The People, Companies and Computer > Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering. By. David E. > Weisberg > > > > My question is, did any of the source code for these systems, Applicon, > Auto-Trol, Calma, ComputerVision, thousands of lines of primarily FORTRAN > ever make it out, where we could read and study this original body of > mathematical geometry done on computers? > > > I know we are primarily a hardware group here, but where is the interest > in the software discussed? > > > Randy > > > >
