| From: | Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: What's a megapulse? |
| Date: | Tue, 26 May 1998 16:49:57 PDT |
>To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
>
>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).
>
> Bira
>
A better place to work from, IMO, is that an MP is an amount of
PROCESSOR POWER consumed. This way, files take MP because they are like
little java aplets that dislpay themselves (explaining both why platform
compatability is an issue and you don't need any programs to read chips
and such, and thier large size). Matrix utilities consume Deck
procesing power (although MPCP limits the "power"of utilities, perhaps
by limiting the instruction set availible). Other items are "burned"
onto chips, easily being a demand on procesorers to use, not a "memeory
size".
Under this assumption, memeory is practically free (reasonable
assumption), but processors have trouble with certain massive chunks of
"bloatware" (also, unfortunatley, a reasonable assumption).
-Mongoose
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