Re: Ship's Computers
In reply to #342 Ship's computers by Adrian Hurt
I believe 'bis' stands for 'binary inline store' or something along those lines. As Adrian Hurt mentioned, it has 2 CPUs and extra memory storage. Personally, I have always found the Traveller computer rules to have very little to do with modern computer science. They seemed more like computers of 15-20 years ago, when you had to exchange disk packs to run a different program. With current trends in optical storage, fiber optics, multi-processing, micro-miniaturization (yes, even Crays are getting tiny), etc., computers used to operate starships would be much different than those portrayed in Traveller. Do others have these same feelings? Brett Slocum UUCP: ...[email removed] Arpa: [email removed] "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."