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Message no. 1
From: Gavin Lewis <lewis@**.EDU.AU>
Subject: Datajack!
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 17:04:22 +0800
In ShadowTech (I think) there is a reference (and stats) for a Datajack
LEVEL 4. Can someone please tell me what the advantages are of this jack
over the one listed in SRII?

Cheers,

Gav


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Message no. 2
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Datajack!
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:17:59 +0100
|
|In ShadowTech (I think) there is a reference (and stats) for a Datajack
|LEVEL 4. Can someone please tell me what the advantages are of this jack
|over the one listed in SRII?

Shadowtech introduces rules on Data Transfer Rates from chips to brain....
I think the DataJack 4 is quicker.....
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Message no. 3
From: Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Datajack!
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 18:41:44 -0700
Gavin Lewis wrote:
>
> In ShadowTech (I think) there is a reference (and stats) for a Datajack
> LEVEL 4. Can someone please tell me what the advantages are of this jack
> over the one listed in SRII?

In brief, each datajack can only pipe so much data in or out (from
headmem) each turn.

Level Rate Cost Essence
1 25MP/t 500 0.10
2 50MP/t 1000 0.15
3 75MP/t 2000 0.20
4 100MP/t 4000 0.25

The basic SRII datajack has a Rate of 25.

And if you think that's goofy, takea look at Cybertechnology...
Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Datajack!
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:34:45 +0100
Gavin Lewis said on 17:04/12 Jun 97...

> In ShadowTech (I think) there is a reference (and stats) for a Datajack
> LEVEL 4. Can someone please tell me what the advantages are of this jack
> over the one listed in SRII?

The various datajacks have a Data Flow Rate (DFR) listed, which indicates
how many Mp of data can flow through them per turn. For example, if you
have a datajack with a DFR of 50 and you need to download 200 Mp into your
headware memory, it takes 4 turns. The standard SRII datajack has a DFR of
25, BTW.

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