From:	Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	Headware Memory
Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:59:16 -0600

:>If its computer, its binary. Computers dont work any other way THAN
binary.
:>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.

And they do. A "pulse" is could in fact be an analog term (I believe
one current use refers to the transmission of spread spectrum info, often
down a fiber optic cable). However, in "Shadotechnology", the mechanism
of chip memory is detailed, and it pretty clearly IS binary, being based
of a pigment that alters between two colors when stimulated by a laser.
(Actually, a similar technology already exists)

Mongoose