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From: rigney@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: traveller flaws (computers) - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 16-Nov-83 05:01:28 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 16 05:01:28 1983
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uokvax!rigney    Nov 14 19:31:00 1983

Babbage machines???!!!  Then how about those fiber-optic backups
for military craft (in High Guard)!!!  On the other hand, the idea
that Hyperspace screws up advanced electronics is fun, similar
to the Soviets modern-day use of Vacuum Tubes, which are thousands
of times more resistant to EMP.  But wouldn't this mean that 
computers built on planets, that would never go through hyperspace,
would be immensely powerful and futuristic?  If even shipping 
them through hyperspace destroys them, then the only planets with
advanced computers are those with the tech to build their own,
with all the associated support industries.  Or those patient enough
to ship their goodies through normal space, at whatever fraction
of c Traveller allows!

	Carl
	..!ctvax!uokvax!rigney