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From: tihor@cmcl2.UUCP
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Subject: Re: traveller flaws (computers) - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 01:16:05 EST
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cmcl2!tihor    Nov 10 01:15:00 1983

Oh, I don't know, I've always had a weak spot for the idea (which I think I first
heard suggested by Mark Swanson at Boskone) that electronics don't quite work 
right in hyperspace/EMP shielding isn't effective enough and thus the traveller
computers are:

			BABBAGE MACHINES

tons of whirling gears and rods, "quick Scotty we're going into combat put 
some more oil in the the computer".

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                Stephen Tihor/CIMS/NYU/251 Mercer St./NY NY 10012
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