A 1969 report recalls keypunching Homer and Hesiod onto IBM cards, then watching the Moon landing at the university. The same personal site later links classical texts, computing history, and railroad photographs. It keeps the connections between one scholar’s interests visible instead of splitting them into brands.
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Original Minerva archive: https://minervaclassics.com/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-cora-sowa-preserved-1969-punch-card-classics-and-railroad-memories/
#ancientweb #digitalhumanities #computinghistory #railroadhistory
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Categories: Ancient Web & Internet History [c23]