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Message no. 1
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Mxing OffT with OnT (Re: OT: Less messages?)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:33:15 EST
In a message dated 98-01-24 18:08:00 EST, nomad74@*******.COM writes:

> >Is it just me or are there less messages going through this list than
> usual?
> >
>
> You say that like it's a bad thing.
>
Na, it's not a bad thing, it's just a strange thing. Some of us are busy
though, having fights networking the two computers here at home, getting a 56K
modem for the old one, considering upgrades (comparing notes with others just
to be certain of one's actions and plans), working on web pages, Interneting
both computers while we're at it...

Yep, now I know what a Decker feels like when they are fighting the SOTA,
complete with Dead End tech options and the like (old machine has the 30 pin
SIMMS, and I finally found someone who sells 4MB chips in that format for only
$16 US, I'm relieved).

And wow, AOL -and- Windows on 8MB and no crashes...

BTW, has anyone come up with ideas for Otaku and Memory???
-K
Message no. 2
From: Andy Gardner <A.Gardner@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Mxing OffT with OnT (Re: OT: Less messages?)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 17:53:36 +0000
On Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:33:15 EST Ereskanti wrote

> And wow, AOL -and- Windows on 8MB and no crashes...

Congratulations, just don't let the world now. They'll want you to
do the same for them and do you know how you did it ? :)

> BTW, has anyone come up with ideas for Otaku and Memory???

Two ideas.
Firstly he could have a hook up like my (short-term) otaku character.
Have the cable connecting him to the matrix pass through a
cyber-deck. This deck just monitors the line and when it monitors a
set of commands on the line it starts / stops copying the data coming
down the line into storage memory. The data can then be downloaded
from the deck as per normal. It also disguises the char's otaku
status because he always seems to use a deck when running the 'trix.

Secondly he could program a storage space complex form using the size
rating for the cyber-deck hardware. Once finished the complex form
can store data.

The main problem is that IMO the matrix monitors downloads like
todays software. That means that if the receiving host does not
transmit data received signals the transmission terminates or repeats
the missing data. Therefore the otaku either downlaods the stuff
somehow or else just simulates the data received signals.
What would be the point of simulating the signals to proceed with a
download if you couldn't use the data afterwards ?

Apart from that you could try and talk the GM into letting you use
photographic memory and just review every download as it happens.

Fox on the Net
ICQ UIN - 5239612

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