Lee Jones wrote:
> [ Andromeda Strain]
>
>   
>>> But, why would they change it?
>>> I've looked it up through google, and others have documented the
>>> division 222 version, so I'm not imagining that.  It may be the
>>> movie I got it from, it was a lot of years ago.
>>>       
>
>   
>> If you give me your mailing address, I'll send you a copy of
>> the page from the 1st edition (1969) that says Division 87.
>>     
>
> In my papeback copy, Third Dell Printing -- July 1970, it was
> Division 222.  As described, it's a telephone number encoded in
> binary.  222 translates to 1-101-1110 (page 31-32 of paperback).
> That's not a normal telephone number.
>
> Division 87, if translated the same way, would be 101-0111.  A
> more reasonable telephone number.  Maybe people were dialing it.
> Or maybe it was _too_ close to reality and was a slip by one of
> Chrichton's sources.  We'll probably never know.
>
> 						Lee Jones
>
>   
It might be a legit AUTOVON telephone number, circa 1970. I know that 
system had some unusual telephone numbers in addition to the normal 
xxx-xxxx series.


Jack

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