[TML] Does "Operation Reset" Make Sense?

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 12/3/07 11:08 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> Realistically you'd probably be looking at scavenged modern tech,
> with any new manufacturing being at closer to 1910 through 1950's
> tech levels.  This exhibits why it is important to preserve
> information on how to build and maintain that old of equipment.
> Having this information digitized and online doesn't cut it, the
> information needs to be retained in a paper format.

Of course, while the available tech may well drop to 1910-1959 range, the
*knowledge* of electronics would still be around.  It wouldn't take anything
like 50-100 years to get back to where we are now.  :)

> In any case, it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense as to why everyone
> would be after one.  Why are they after it?  A good reason for that and it
> might make a lot more sense.

This is the problem I have with the whole scenario:  What good are a bunch
of chips without all the devices and culture that originally surrounded
them?  Given how tech reverted in Twilight 2000, the chips themselves seem
just about useless.