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39239	2002-03-14 22:14:00	HI I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT. I WOULD KINDLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN DO THIS FOR ME	Guest (0)
39240	2002-03-14 22:20:00	<www.google.co.nz	Guest (0)
39241	2002-03-15 03:06:00	Refer to postings further down from Leeanne Egan on 12/3/02 and timed at 13:45:08. Leanne was able to elicit 8 replies to exactly the sme request. Are you both doing the same assignment? Bryan.	Guest (0)
39242	2002-03-15 04:14:00	A piece of Computer History. THE EARLY AMERICAN COMPUTERS USED UPPER CASE FOR EVERYTHING. THIS IS BECAUSE THE TELETYPE ASR33 HAD ONLY UPPERCASE. IBM'S 'BCD' CARD PUNCHES WERE THE SAME. some of the early english computers used lower case because they used flexiwriters with 5 level paper tape. they deliberately selected the lower case because it is easier to read. (Key words were emphasized by underlining). These days, and 8 bit ASCII (or even EBSDIC) coding, we use both upper and lower case. This is much more legible. This is a hint, as well as real piece of history.	Guest (0)
39243	2002-03-15 05:11:00	Nice one Graham. JM	Guest (0)
39244	2002-03-15 10:21:00	COME ON GRAHAM! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY??? (subtlety has never been a strength of mine)	Guest (0)
39245	2002-03-15 10:28:00	The man's a bloody genius... :) Erin	Guest (0)
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