From:	Dustin Wood <cukoo@*****.NET>
Subject:	Re: Some question on memory.
Date:	Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:48:55 -0700

>On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, Dustin Wood wrote:
>
>> Let's try a different analogy. If you compare a program, say an attack
>> program, to another program, this one written to run on skillwires through a
>> skillsoft system, say firearms, both have to be interpreted by the hardware
>> (processors), right? And have to have room in which to work (RAM) in one
>> case the ram is active memory, in the other it is a chip (or headware
>> memory). In the case of a chip, all that data still has to flow through the
>> chipjack.
>
> The confusion may result from the fact that originally, the
>encephalon was not part of the overall equipment in SRII. Thus, when
>Shadowtech came out, they said that the old chipjacks had a rudimentary
>"level 0" encephalon built in. That's probably why they cost more
>Essence than a 1-port softlink. But either way, its that 0-level
>encephalon that's actually doing the work, not the chip. When you stick
>your brand new CD-ROM game into your CD-drive, the CD is not running the
>program. Your computer is. Skillsofts work the same way. The chip is
>not doing the work, the skillwires or encephalon are.
> Does *this* make any sense?
>
OK, I think I've got it. You have probably just explained to me what others
before you have tried and failed, and thanks for explaining in laymans terms.