On 5/20/2018 9:31 PM, Randy Dawson via cctalk 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 > > > >
You can add Intergraph to that list, as well (their IGDS CAD software is survived bw www.bentley.com - a company that produced a PC version of Intergraph's IGDS, and which almost got sued out of existence, forced to merge, and then finally separated and survived). [The Wiki on MicroStation indicates that MicroStation was initially sold by Intergraph. That is not correct: it was initially a completely separate company, and sold the software directly]. Intergraph itself is nothing but a shell. I still have an Intergraph IP2000 workstation (with software loaded), install media (but not license keys to load it) and Intergraph disk controllers, high speed concentrators (pre-Ethernet) and ethernet controllers. No source code, though. JRJ
