| From: | Bob Tockley zzdeden@*******.com.au |
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| Subject: | Headware Memory |
| Date: | Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:27:54 +1000 |
>everything in a computer is reduced to 1's and 0's. Its also a feature of
>addressing, which is also stricly binary. It doesnt matter how big a pulse
>is, it will still normaly be grouped in a binary function. 2,4,8. Somethings
>just dont change.
Sorry, here you're just plain wrong. Early computers actually ran in
analog. With the crash of '29 and the complete re-think of technology
who's to say what 'modern' computers work in. For all we know it could be
some sort of bizarre hybrid or it could be Base 10. It's a fictional
world, they can use fictional technology.
(>) ARKHAM
"The difference between a clown and a mime? Easy. People care if the
clown gets killed."
