| From: | Dave Sherohman <esper@*****.IMA.UMN.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Skillchips |
| Date: | Sun, 2 May 1993 14:29:47 -0500 |
Skillwires are required for the use of ANY active skill -
ie. you must have skillwires to use ANY active skill chip. You may
access Knowsofts by loading them into internal memory IF you
have a datasoft link, or through a chipjack. Datasofts are the
same in most ways as Knowsofts.
There are defined limits on skillsofts! Read the BOOK!
Skillsoft rating may not exceed the level of skillwires, and
and no matter how many chips you have in a softlink, you may
never access more levels of chip than you have levels of softlink.
MP ratings for chips are given on the pages above.
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Two questions here...
#1 Where are you getting this business about having to load data/knowsofts into
headware RAM to use them? I didn't find it on any of the pages you listed.
What I do find, however, is a statement in ShadowTech that to use knowsofts you
need "a chipjack, softlink, _or_ uploading into memory for access _with_an_
_encephalon_" while datasofts need "a datajack, chipjack, or softlink to a
display or datasoft link _or_ into headware memory and out to a display link or
datasoft link/encephalon." (Emphasis mine in both quoted passages.) Looks like
it says that putting the data into headware RAM is one of several options, but
if you choose it, you'll need some extra hardware (the ever-wonderful
encephalon!) to access the data.
#2 Where are you getting this absolute nonsense about softlinks limiting your
"levels of chip"? The level of the softlink limits how many chips it holds. Of
course, the more Mps of chips are in it, the higher the SSLD will be...
If you're going to tell people to look in the rulebooks, the least you could do
is pay attention to what the books say before trying to explain it...
esper@***.umn.edu
