Code Lines & Good Times: Retro Programming Listings

Flipping through the actual program listings in this 1981 CBM book reveals the beautiful chaos of early BASIC code! Line numbers, GOSUB commands, and variables like THEN1390 scattered across the page like digital poetry. This is what programming looked like before fancy IDEs - just pure numbered lines of logic that somehow made Commodore computers sing. The medical references mixed with PRINT statements suggest some kind of healthcare application, because apparently even doctors needed BASIC back then. My Nikon D70 captured this archaeological treasure at f/2.8, preserving these monospace memories for posterity.