Way back in 1984 I had an Atari computer, and I remember an article in "Analog" magazine being published called "Solid States" written by Tom Hudson. It was a type-in program listing that would render very simple three dimensional objects that you would type in via line data and point data. I was SUPER excited about this and quickly typed in the program. It was one of those life-changing moments for me. I remember creating my own 3D objects on graph paper in between classes in school and entering them into Solid States when I got home. The program even had support for Atari's awesome little pen plotter device, so you could get very detailed pictures. Fast-forward to today and one of my favorite hobbies is 3D modeling spaceships, etc in programs like "Maya".
My favorite object was the spaceship that you could type in from data points listed in the article (see visualization above). You can find a link to the original article here! The visualization above does NOT use the original program listing, but rather a neat little 3D drawing library called Pinhole. The data being visualized IS however the original object data pulled from the original article.