| From: | "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU> |
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| Subject: | G-009-a: tech, clustered datajacks |
| Date: | Tue, 26 Oct 1993 22:53:15 -0500 |
Tired of the bulky and intrusive cyberwear required to operate more
than one datajack? Then these systems are for you.
Clustered Datajacks are complete I/O subsystems designed
specifically for multitasking environments. Each system contains
two to five of our ChromeTek (tm) shielded datajacks, a matching
number of our award-winnign Conductor (tm) I/O processors to
control traffic flow, and a liberal supply of memory to buffer your
important data.
Designed to be less intrusive than the old systems, each cluster
is computer matched and syncronized to operate in perfect harmony
with any one of our state-of-the-art Encephalons.
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Clustered Datajacks are just that, a cluster of matched datajacks.
Installing a clustered system yields a savings of approximately 33%
on essence costs over the installation of the seperate pieces
alone. The cost is approximately 50% more, though.
Each system includes the datajacks, I/O SPUs, and memory required
to multitask more that one datajack.
Consult the tables below to determine nuyen and essence costs for these
systems. Level indicates the level of all components.
Level| Datajacks + I/O SPUs + Memory Cost (Y) Essence
-----+ --------- -------- ------ -------- -------
1 | 2 2 50 30,000 .35
| 3 3 100 50,000 .60
| 4 4 150 70,000 .85
| 5 5 200 90,000 1.10
Level| Datajacks + I/O SPUs + Memory Cost (Y) Essence
-----+ --------- -------- ------ -------- -------
2 | 2 2 50 40,000 .50
| 3 3 100 65,000 .80
| 4 4 150 85,000 1.10
| 5 5 200 110,000 1.40
Level| Datajacks + I/O SPUs + Memory Cost (Y) Essence
-----+ --------- -------- ------ -------- -------
3 | 2 2 50 55,000 .65
| 3 3 100 87,500 1.00
| 4 4 150 120,000 1.40
| 5 5 200 155,000 1.75
Level| Datajacks + I/O SPUs + Memory Cost (Y) Essence
-----+ --------- -------- ------ -------- -------
4 | 2 2 50 90,000 .75
| 3 3 100 140,000 1.20
| 4 4 150 190,000 1.65
| 5 5 200 240,000 2.00
>>>>>[A little, pricey, don't you think?]<<<<<
-- Splut <01:48:16/10-21-52>
>>>>>[Depends on what you need it for. Any person using 5
datajacks will most likely have the money for it, or the corporate
backing. Of course, for a complete level 4 system, you are looking
at about 350k or so.]<<<<<
-- Trog the Gnome <01:51:10/10-21-52>
>>>>>[Don't forget to get a Math SPU. Multitasking can slow down
system response, which can be deadly if you are decking. A Math SPU
helps to alleviate some of that system delay.]<<<<<
-- Fiddler <01:55:43/10-21-52>
>>>>>[Correction. A complete level 4 system will cost you about
380k.]<<<<<
-- Trog the Gnome <01:58:58/10-21-92>
>>>>>[Any truth to the rumors that Yoshida Tech is trying to match
up the encephalon processor into the same essence friendly system?
This would be mint because you could drop in a complete multiport
setup with completely matched components.]<<<<<
-- Slipspeed <02:03:41/10-21-52>
>>>>>[Yes we are. We have encountered two major problems though.
First, the encephalon base processor doesn't like to be very
friendly, apparently. Computer processors don't work well together
unless they are synced up correctly, and even then it is a pretty
uneasy working relationship. Our subsystems get the processors to
"be friendly" by having a less than .00003% data clash rate.
Unfortunately, when we add in the processors for the encephalon
expert system, it fights like hell to dominate the other
processors, raising data clashes to .0074%. While this is well
below typical multasking operation levels, it doesn't meet our
purposes of making it easy on the human mind. Research continues
and I think we will have a viable product on the market within
about six to eight months.
The other problem is in manufacturing. Right now we have
sixteen different clustered systems available. If we offer every
level of encephalon with every level of I/O subsystem, we will be
looking at manufacturing 64 different products, which would
probably make the costs prohibitive. But then again, that isn't my
department. I just get the stuff made, it is up to someone else in
the company to sell the damn things.]<<<<
-- Joseph Yoshida
President
Yoshida Technologies
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