Bitsavers size in historical storage units

[Zane H. Healy]

On Mon, 4 May 2009, Jules Richardson wrote:

> Al Kossow wrote:
>> Tim Shoppa wrote:
>>> I just noticed that the total size of the Bitsavers archive seems
>>> to have surpassed 100 Gigabytes in the past few days.
>> 
>> It also went through the 15,000 pdf document mark in April.
>
> Anyone know how that compares to the number of books in a typical* library?
>
> * whatever that may be :-) I just can't really get my head around what volume 
> of space it'd be if it were all printed out...

As books vary widely in size, and as many of the books on Bitsavers are from
DEC 3-Ring binders it's fairly hard to give a good estimate.  Having said
that, I want to say that the Computer History section of the Conner-Bishop
Historical Resource Center is about 24 feet in length and has over 1000
volumes.  Many of books the CBHRC has are DEC 3-Ring Binders.  The entire
collection (not just the computer portion) is currently in storage while we
are working to get a building.

Zane