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Message no. 1
From: Karl Low <kwil@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: (OT) OS Wars (Was: A little Gaming History(Was - Boycott
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 02:36:06 -0700
-----Original Message-----
From: Carsten Gehling <alvion@****.UNI2.DK>


>> Hey, it wasn't exactly my choice wether or not to get Win95 on my
>machine. Hence..
>> MONOPOLY!!!
>>
>> Spider Murphy
>
>Of course it was - you could have installed Linux... or CBM... or
>OS/2...
>

Of course he could have.. but the machine still came with W95 installed.
And generally.. unless you're a bit of a wizard, installing your own OS
isn't a piece of cake..

To swing this slightly back on topic..
Has anybody tried to work out a system for incompatible OS penalties in
decking?

Karl
Message no. 2
From: Spider Murphy <crickel@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: (OT) OS Wars (Was: A little Gaming History(Was - Boycott
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 03:52:04 -0600
Karl Low wrote:

> To swing this slightly back on topic..
> Has anybody tried to work out a system for incompatible OS penalties in
> decking?
>

Aren't those called Ultraviolet systems? :)

Well, lemme see. What can I spin off my cuff.

Take the year that your deck's OS was made. Take the year of the opposing
system's OS. Divide by 2. That is your modifier to all rolls and inititives
while decking that system.

This penalty may be reduced by a Translate program. Each success reduces the
modifier by one.

Hmm.. I should get out VR2.. but it's late, and I don't wanna. :) Good luck.

Spider Murphy
Message no. 3
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: (OT) OS Wars (Was: A little Gaming History(Was - Boycott
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:10:08 -0500
On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 03:52:04AM -0600, Spider Murphy wrote:
> Karl Low wrote:
>
> > To swing this slightly back on topic..
> > Has anybody tried to work out a system for incompatible OS penalties in
> > decking?
>
> Aren't those called Ultraviolet systems? :)
>
> Well, lemme see. What can I spin off my cuff.
>
> Take the year that your deck's OS was made. Take the year of the opposing
> system's OS. Divide by 2. That is your modifier to all rolls and inititives
> while decking that system.
>
> This penalty may be reduced by a Translate program. Each success reduces the
> modifier by one.
>
> Hmm.. I should get out VR2.. but it's late, and I don't wanna. :) Good luck.
>

I'd say its covered by either the UV system, or by the SOTA rules.
Besides think about the backward's compatibility built into
things today. Win 95 still has 3.11 code as a base for parts of it?!

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