From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	None
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 01:02:19 EDT

In a message dated 4/30/98 11:21:48 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
9604801@********.AC.NZ writes:

> Actually, IIRC, in one of the books, Alpha-Grade is now equal to
> Standard in
> Physical Cost by the year 2057/8 or so.
>
> Physical cost? You take it mean the cost of installation and surgery?
> What about the surgery recovery-time costs; are they still at 'Alpha'
> levels, or have they dropped to 'normal', as well? (If so, why would
> anyone bother with normal-grade?)
>
What I mean is that the cost for the Alpha implant now equals the cost of a
"Standard" (BBB stuff) implantware. AFAIK, Alphaware still requires slightly
more "specialized" medical treatments and/or skilled physicians. Also,
Alphaware has an altered street index and/or availability that would probably
still not make it any more available to the standard, read as; BEGINNING,
player-character.

-K