From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	Headware Memory
Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:28:49 +1000

Geoff Skellams writes:
> I seem to recall that the basis of the computers in SR is a
> simple biological structure. At the moment, I cannot for the life of me
> remember where the hell I read this (although "Blood in the Boardroom"
> seems to be floating to the surface of my consciousness). If computer
> systems are based more on the way the human brain is structured, then it
> isn't going to be binary. It will work by the neurons firing and
> triggering responses in other neurons.

SR computers are based on optical processing. The medium they use to
generate and store the optical data is an organic substance, though not a
living one (it is grown, though, so it does have a biological structure).

An optical substance would not be limited to 2 states, and thus a binary
system would not be mandated.

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