From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Re: What's a megapulse?
Date:	Tue, 26 May 1998 16:23:06 -0700

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> From: Ubiratan P. Alberton <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: What's a megapulse?
> Date: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 3:46 PM
>
> With the recent computing discussion going around here, something has
> come to my mind. How much is a megapulse worth in today's "data
> measuring units (i.e bytes, megabytes, etc.). I'm using 8 megabytes
> based on a somewhat quick calculation for a byte in a quartenary system
> (64 bits, as oposed to 8 from todays binary computers).
>

I take it saying that a megapulse is a thousand kilopulses doesn't help,
huh?

Isn't there a resource that says how much text you can fit in a pulse?
That should solve the problem right there. *shrug*