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Article #621745Re: 1957 Bible index put on computer
From: Gareths Downstairs Computer
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:12
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:12
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On 05/04/2018 20:49, Charles Richmond wrote: > On 4/5/2018 10:53 AM, Quadibloc wrote: >> On Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 4:16:12 PM UTC-6, Al Kossow wrote: >>> On 4/4/18 3:02 PM, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >>>> article in LIFE magazine about putting the bible on a computer. >>> It's actually about using a Univac computer to to produce a >>> Concordance for the Bible. >> >> Of course, putting the Bible on a computer in the plainer sense also >> happened. >> Thus, a Bible with the RSV text was typeset using an ICT 1500 computer >> that I >> mentioned in this newsgroup once. >> > > ISTM the Holy Bible (Old and New testaments) in ASCII requires less than > five megabytes of storage spce. That sounds rivial today, but of course > it was *not* trivial in the early 1970's. ISTM that five megabytes > requires something like 62,500 80-column punch cards. > > But why would anyne bother when there are a myriad of other works of fiction and / or make-believe available?
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