[soc.religion.christian] Machine-readable Bibles: request for information

christian@geneva.rutgers.edu (03/06/90)

Almost every week I get either a posting or personal mail asking about
machine-readable Bibles.  I've kept some past messages, but they leave
some questions unresolved.  Because the question is so common, I
propose to create a single "official" answer, which will be posted
periodically as part of one of the "commonly asked questions" postings
that are now done in a number of groups.  Thus I'd like to request
people to send me any information they have on machine-readable
Bibles, both simple text and packages complete with software to
manipulate them.  The most useful information is where you've used it
yourself or in some other way can verify the accuracy of what you say.
In particular, I'd like to hear from people who have gotten the online
KJV either from Simtel or U of Chicago, so I can make sure that the
instructions I give actually work.  Also, several times we've given
people the address of the New York International Bible Society, on the
theory that it's probably possible to get the text of the NIV from
them.  I'd like to know whether anybody has actually succeeded in
doing so, and if so what form it comes in.  I'll put the information
together and post a draft message for review by our readers.