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After keying in The United States Declaration of Independence in 1971, Michael typed in a longer text, The United States Bill of Rights, in 1972, i.e. the first ten amendments added in 1789 to the Constitution and defining the individual rights of the citizens and the distinct powers of the Federal Government and the States.
A volunteer typed in The United States Constitution in 1973.
From one year to the next, disk space was getting larger, by the standards of the time--there was no hard disk yet--, making it possible to store larger files. Volunteers began typing in The Bible, with one individual book at a time, and a file for each book.
In 1990, there were 250,000 internet users. The standard was 360 K disks. with Tim Berners-Lee dealing with HTTP and hyperlinks at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
January 1991 > Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
In January 1991, Michael typed in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , by Lewis Carroll.
July 1991 > Peter Pan
In July 1991, Michael typed in Peter Pan , by James M. Barrie. These two classics of childhood literature each fit on one disk.
November 1993 > Mosaic, the first public browser
June 1997 > The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
With the number of ebooks on the rise, three main sections were set up: "Light Literature", such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan and Aesop's Fables; "Heavy Literature", such as the Bible, Shakespeare's works, Moby Dick and Paradise Lost; "Reference Literature", such as Roget's Thesaurus, almanacs, and a set of encyclopedias and dictionaries. A more detailed classification was released years later.
October 2000 > Distributed Proofreaders
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