From:	Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject:	Man & Machine?
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:14:56 +1000

Matt Teixeira wrote:

> > What I think would be also a great idea is to do what AD&D did. Their core
> > rules 2.0 is top notch, plus you can download updates for errors and such
> > (1.0 wasn't so hot though). I already have 2 players that come to my table
> > with lap tops and expect to see this trend increase (DLOH hear my words).
> >
> >The only problem with this is probably the same thing I came
> >up with trying to use my notebook at my Earthdawn game
> >though. I can look up something in the book quicker than I
> >could do a search on the ED CD. While it's more compact to
> >have everything you want on the computer, it's just hard to
> >beat flipping the pages for speed.
>
> That all depends upon the speed of your CPU. I like the way the Core Rules
> was done and use it more than the books - even on my Pentium 133. All on the
> laptop, don't have to cart around a ton of books. All charts and tables
> available by lookup.
>
> Would love a Shadowrun equivalent of it....
>
> Matthew M. Teixeira
> mteixei1@*****.rr.com

Yeah but remember that fasa would likely get fasa interactive to do the CD, and
that fasa intereactive is owned by
micro-"death-to-all-who-oppose-the-great-billy-gates"-soft. Do you think that:
A; it would be cheap and affordable?
B: It wouldnt crash your machine or the OS or the program every 10 minutes?
C: It would be usable on anything other than a microsoft OS?
D: It would be out in time to be used in SR3 before SR4 comes out?
E: Wouldnt rewuire a new purchase every time there was an update?

Sorry but I use linux..and that should explain the above easily :)

As for a serious contribution - Id like to see it too. Are there any programmers
out there who might be willing to wizz something up and try to pass it through
for shareware usage licence by Fasa?

GreyWolf