Date:         Tue, 17 May 1994 00:49:18 EDT
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From: "Rodney W. Morris" <[c s c 3 r w m] at [CABELL.VCU.EDU]>
Subject:      ABYSS: Computers

Computers

        Computer systems of the future are very complex, in the
least.  The basic idea of the computer has not changed in quite some
time.  It is a means of electronic information storage and retrieval.
However, in the time of Abyss, the computer controls everything,
from communication to control of vital ship functions to pouring
coffee in the morning.  Some very advanced computers are actually
capable of artificial intelligence.

The Motherchip: Computer intelligence
        Each motherchip of a computer has three statistics, which
parallel the Mental Mnemonic capabilities of living creatures.
Artificially intelligent computer systems have six ATTRIBUTES,
paralleling the MM ATTRIBUTES and the MR ATTRIBUTES.  Computer
systems that have achieved Total Artificial Intelligence have twelve
ATTRIBUTES, s they include Spiritual ATTRIBUES as well.  A computer
never has any Physical ATTRIBUTES, only its hardware can be
considered to have a Physical TRAIT.
        A Motherchip is assumed to exist in almost all electronic
machinery, though only those that have been programmed for interface
with humans or for autonomous actions need ATTRIBUTES.  Thus, most
cyberwear need not have ATTRIBUTES assigned to its Motherchip,
though one exists.  However, everything else from personal computers
to ship computers to artificially intelligent robots need a Motherchip.

        <sorry, mostly just notes above...food for thought...>

        Lucifer >:}