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[John Carvill]

Hi Janos

Definitely an intriguing line of enquriy.

> The offline computer industry ("information machinery")  was already
> in full bloom in the mid-60s to the early 70s, when Pynchon wrote COL
> 49 and most of GR.

But how full was that bloom in 1969 or 1970? How much of a presence in
general office life were computers then? Even in California? Big
difference between a company having 'a computer', i.e. a big gnarly
machine taking up its own room, attended to by boffins, and the really
big wave of 'Information Technology' which we're all stiff surfin'
today.

Cheers
J