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Message no. 1
From: Mike Bobroff <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Basic's of the game (was Re : nothing at all)
Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 09:22:41 EDT
In a message dated 5/30/98 1:18:58 AM !!!First Boot!!!, renegde@*******.COM
writes:

> I'm new to the list and curious about something that's been bothering me
> a long time. Where does one find rules and write-ups on equipment like
> the telecom and the whole communications set-up. I'd like to know more
> about data-line taps, counter-measures for the same, as well as the use
> of other surveillance epuipment. They have a bunch listed in SR II, as
> well as new drek coming in all the time from all the supplements. My
> character always carries a prodigious amount of the stuff, but I'm
> unsure of how to use most of them. I mean, how does one install a
> dataline tap. That's crucial to the game, right. Do you have to climb a
> telephone pole, or go underground into to the sewers. How about using
> the telecom's, etc. What exactly does the character to, what does the
> machine entail. I guess when I'm playing my character I like to have a
> good idea of what he's do, not just vague pictures of still scenes. So
> to make a long story really fraggin' long, give it to me staight!

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