hutch@shark.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) (05/10/84)
<encyclopedias are harder to ride than bicyclopedias> | (2) What about using it for DATA? Think of the information that can be | stored. How would you like on-line access to the Encyclopedia | Britannica? | -- | Gary Levin / Dept of CS / U of AZ / I asked about this when my wife and I bought our Britannica. Sorry, folks, the Britannica is NOT ONLINE. They do the whole thing the OLD OLD way, with bizarre tapes using 5-bit punches to run arcane linotype machines, and so on. Further, the illustrations in Britannica are some of the major reasons for getting the thing, and they seem to think that these would not transfer well to an electronic medium. Oh well, staid conservatism kills another great idea. Hutch
richard@sequent.UUCP (05/10/84)
>> | (2) What about using it for DATA? Think of the information that can be >> | stored. How would you like on-line access to the Encyclopedia >> | Britannica? >> >> I asked about this when my wife and I bought our Britannica. Sorry, >> folks, the Britannica is NOT ONLINE. They do the whole thing the >> OLD OLD way, with bizarre tapes using 5-bit punches to run arcane >> linotype machines, and so on. >> >> Further, the illustrations in Britannica are some of the major reasons for >> getting the thing, and they seem to think that these would not transfer >> well to an electronic medium. So - they might be someday. With high enough density, the pretty pictures could be displayed as well. Some integration of video disc and ROM disc would do the trick. It'll happen. Just give it time. ___________________________________________________________________________ The preceding should not to be construed as the statement or opinion of the employers or associates of the author. It might not even be the author's. I try to make a point of protecting the innocent, but none of them can be found... ...!sequent!richard