...breaking the 640K barrier...
Written on September 14th, 2026 by Tech Ads
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Microsoft FORTRAN
Windows helps FORTRAN
users create bigger apps.
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With the new Microsoft’ FORTRAN Professional
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advantage of multiple I/O windows, multitasking, and cut
and paste. Or write FORTRAN routines called from mixed-
language Windows apps. And FORTRAN 5.1 has Program-
mer’s WorkBench, with a new CodeView* debugger and
Source Browser.
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applications, give us a call at (800) 541-1261, Department R34
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‘…breaking the 640K barrier…’
Microsoft’s FORTRAN Professional Development System 5.1 was Microsoft’s implementation of the FORTRAN programming language and targeted the MSDOS, Windows, and OS/2 operating systems.
Microsoft’s FORTRAN Professional Development System 5.1 was available with a street price of 205GBP. An archive of Microsoft’s FORTRAN Professional Development System 5.1 can be downloaded from WinWorldPC.
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