Computer Power

By Anthony K. Baggaley ·

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 I wish I'd never commented on power consumption, and I wasn't going to mention
  it again, until a couple of messages confused me....

 Power Consumption for a 1 Traveller Displacement Ton computer was given as
  400 000 kW/month, therefore 13.33 mW/day. The units are not exactly correct,
  just like the GDW source material in fact, which confuses Joules and Watts
  all over the place (they've got better, but they still switched them around
  at least once in the Challenge 71 Lasers articles I think).

 I'm sure the original 400 000 kW/month means something in the real world,
  could someone elaborate? (my guess is they meant kW/hours not kW, which
  gives a 0.555 mW power consupmtion which is 'distinctly non-trivial' as my
  tutor once said)

 Overall I think I'll stick to Energy Points, at least you know what the units
  are :)

 From the comments on the TML it looks like FFS is going to be quite good,
  if it turns out VERY good I might even be tempted to start using the T2000
  rules, but probably not. I have problems with TNE because I don't like the
  background, I don't like the system, and I don't like the graphics style....
  Maybe GDW lost a customer here (nahhh.... I'll still buy anything with
  'Traveller' printed on it)

                       Ready to be corrected....
                                  Anthony K   (asking Santa for Azhanti High
                                                                Lightning)
  PS: Any news on the Traveller CD ROM ?
  PPS: Thanks to whoever posted the ideas on Virus (I lost the message and the
       name) I love the idea of Vampire ships rebuilding the Imperium inside
       the Black Curtain. Wander in and everything is just as it was in 1100 :)
       You'd have to explain why no radio messages got out....