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Message no. 1
From: David Mezerette <mezeretted@*****.U-NANCY.FR>
Subject: Mp: was Re: Rigger 2
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 09:17:13 +0100
>I agree here a full simsense signal DIR-X has an flow rate of3mp/sec
>thats 9mp/turn.

I'm sure this point has already been discussed on this list, but -hey!- i'm
on it for a week, so there are many things i've missed
so, my question is: does anyone know what a Mp is? Most of the time i feel
it too 'abstract', a bit like those old CFs, and i have problems to estimate
how many Mps would half an hour convo or 5 mins filming take.
Can someone help me?

ChYlD
mezeretted@*****.u-nancy.fr
Message no. 2
From: "Logan Graves <Fenris>" <logan1@*****.INTERCOM.NET>
Subject: Re: Mp: was Re: Rigger 2
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 07:57:42 -0400
In our last episode, David Mezerette wrote:
>
> >I agree here a full simsense signal DIR-X has an flow rate of3mp/sec
> >thats 9mp/turn.
>
> I'm sure this point has already been discussed on this list, but -hey!- i'm
> on it for a week, so there are many things i've missed
> so, my question is: does anyone know what a Mp is? Most of the time i feel
> it too 'abstract', a bit like those old CFs, and i have problems to estimate
> how many Mps would half an hour convo or 5 mins filming take.
> Can someone help me?

I don't have my ref books handy, but Shadowbeat has something to say
about simsense & network tridcast recordings. The ammount of MPs
required are proportional to the type of media being used and how
detailed (eg. oversampled/wide/multi-trax/etc) the recording is.

Ugh! Just read what I wrote -- sounds abstract too.

Just check out Shadowbeat, it's more detailed at least than the BBB.

--Fenris
_______________________________________________logan1@*****.intercom.net
(>) "You were right, nurse, I did already operate
on him. Guess I should close him up again."
(>) --Dr. Oscar Schneiderbunk, Shadowcutter.
Message no. 3
From: Dvixen <dvixen@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Mp: was Re: Rigger 2
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 03:35:36 -0700
David Mezerette wrote:
>
> I'm sure this point has already been discussed on this list, but -hey!- i'm
> on it for a week, so there are many things i've missed
> so, my question is: does anyone know what a Mp is? Most of the time i feel
> it too 'abstract', a bit like those old CFs, and i have problems to estimate
> how many Mps would half an hour convo or 5 mins filming take.
> Can someone help me?

The MP is a storage unit for computer/matrix/etc medias. FASA will *never*
define exactly what an MP is, though they will tell us how many MP's are in
such and suich a program/copmuter/etc...


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Message no. 4
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Mp: was Re: Rigger 2
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 09:29:53 -0400
In a message dated 97-10-18 06:30:36 EDT, dvixen@********.COM writes:

>
> The MP is a storage unit for computer/matrix/etc medias. FASA will *never*
> define exactly what an MP is, though they will tell us how many MP's are
in
> such and suich a program/copmuter/etc...
>
And why on earth should they? the instant they do that, all those "RL
intruding on fantasy rules" players will go hopping made, trying to give/cite
ways around the memory thing, and who knows what else. I admit that Mp would
be nice to have explained, but I seriously doubt it really matters.

-K (who is stunned at just how ferociously he's beginning to dislike "RLrs"
making rules in a fantasy game)

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