| From: | Todd Montgomery <tmont@****.WVU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | New Idea |
| Date: | Thu, 15 Jul 1993 18:42:46 -0400 |
Enjoy. ]<<<<
--Quiktek<12:07:59/07-15-54>
Full Cybernetic Interface
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DATE: July 14, 2054
TO: Michael Estrangen Racuel <Fuchi, New York>
FROM: Yatashito Yamaguchi <Fuchi, Japan>
RE: Full Cybernetic option for Cyberdeck lines (Personal)
Michael,
Hope you are feeling better after the terrible accident at
Battery Park. Get well soon so we may conclude our game of Fidchell.
I wanted to let you know that the first shipment of chips and interpretors
has just left. We could not have got them out the door without your
help. The financial people and the advertising people have come up with
their campaign and I have included it below. This is FYI and not considered
to be too sensitive. The first models are to hit the market in two
weeks. Any questions? Just let me know.
Yatashito
---- Included Files ----
Dateline: July, 2053
Distribution: Major Nets, Minor Local Nets, Trans-Continent
In a striking move to secure its waning grip on the cyberdeck market,
Fuchi announced today the release of its first Full Cybernetic Interface
option for its entire line of cyberdecks. The system, which consists of
a cyberware implanted chip and a command interpretor in the cyberdeck,
is to sell for around 10,000Y, everything included. This move is
expected to put FUchi over the top and keep them their for months to come.
Dateline: July, 2053 (All ready released)
Distribution: Cybernetic Journals, Market reports
The Fuchi Matrixware chip found in the corporations line of Cranial
Cyberdecks is the main component of the cybernetic system. This chip,
once implanted, allows the users datajack to receive simsense signals,
as well as, transmit them to the cyberdeck. Minimal training is required
for proper usage. The remainder of the cybernetic system is to send and
receive the EEGS signals to/from the cerebral cortex and allow the user
full cybernetic control of their cyberdeck. Incorporation of this implant
into patient systems is to follow the Michaels/Simson Standard for
cybernetic patient care.
Essence Impact: 0.1 (estimated)
Chip Cost: 1,250Y (wholesale)
Implanation Cost: 1,000Y (estimated)
Total Cost: 2,500Y (recommended)
Dateline: July, 2053 (all ready released)
Distribution: Cyberdeck Journals, Matrix Journals, Simsense Journals
With the advent of Cranial Cyberdecks, Full Cybernetic Interfaces (FCIs)
have become very affordable and desirable. Now, Fuchi, the leader of the
pack in new Matrix technologies introduces their FCI option to their
large line of cyberdeck products. No longer will a keyboard be required.
As in Cranial systems, the whole operation of the cyberdeck is performed
by thought. The new ad-on system is comprised of a cybernetic implanted
chip and a command interpretor that is integrated into the simsense hardware
of the cyberdeck. A built in multi-tasker is placed in the simsense hardware
to control the signals. This tasker also controls the cybernetic implant which
does most of the switching of the input/output datajack interface. Only
slight modification of the cyberdeck MPCP is required to fully receive
the benefits of a FCI. Fuchi also is releasing three new models that
incorporate a FCI. These three models, Cyber 4FCI, 5FCI, and 6FCI, are
based on the respective Fuchi models.
Simsense Harware Cost: 5,250Y (wholesale)
Installation Cost: 2,000Y (average recommended)
Total Cost: 7,500Y (recommended)
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<< Block delete 12 Mp >>
>>>>[ Well it took Fuchi long enough. Some street docs I know have
used scanvenged parts from Cranial decks to make the Matrixware chip.
And the simsense hardware replacement is fairly simple and straight
forward. The new hardware is not difficult to make if you know what to do.
The only problem is routing the simsense hardware BACK to the MPCP so
that the user can control the deck. In a C^2 deck this part is always
integral to the MPCP. But adding it on a regular deck is a bit tricky.
Regular MPCPs do handle some cybernetic signals, but a full interface
requires much more routing to be done for the signals to be usable.
Fuchi gets around it by making the simsense 'ware take care of it and
changing the MPCP so that it reads from a buffer in the simsense 'ware
and not the regular keyboard buffer. Fuchi designed their MPCPs for upgrade.
They already have the necessary routing ability. This routing is not
feasible for most street decks. Chances are the MPCP does not have the
integrated bidirectional interface drivers as the Fuchi decks do. Then
it comes down to having to add on some additional drivers to the MPCP
and routing the keyboard buffer to the simsense 'ware. That routing can
be hairy. The interface is very speed sensitive. If it is not done right
the advantage of the FCI is lost and the deck may loose even basic
operating ability until it is fixed. Without the keyboard decks can be
made very small. Expect prices to drop in the next few months. ]<<<<
--Quiktek<12:12:04/07-15-54>
Game Notes:
FCI: From Virtual Realities. +1D6 to Matrix Initiative, +2 to Target Number
when resisting simsense overload.
Cyberdecks can be made to very small without a keyboard. There is no real
limit except jack size and chip size. GM discretion. Nothing smaller
than a walkman.
Fuchi Matrixware Implant (Brands: all Fuchi brands)
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Matrixlink
Required for full use FCI. Datajack not included but also required.
Essence Cost: 0.1 Street Index: 4
Cost: 2,000Y Legality: 4-CD
Availability: 12/60 days
Cyberdeck Option:
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Legality: Yeah, Cyberdecks are all ready highly illegal.
Making it Yourself
Simsense Hardware:
Total replacement of hardware.
Base Time: 7 days
Cost: 2,250Y
Skill used: Computer (B/R)
Skill Target: 6
Required Tools: Microtronics Shop
MPCP upgrade:
Requires small modification and recook.
Base Time: 15 days
Cook Time: MPCP Rating X3 (Full Chip Replacement)
Cost: (MPCP Rating^3) x 50Y (Replace chips)
Skill Used:
Design: Computer
Cooking: Computer (B/R)
Skill Target:
Design: MPCP Rating + 2
Cooking: MPCP Rating
Required Tools: Microtronics Shop
Optical Chip Encoder
Personal Computer (min Mp equal to
MPCP rating ^2 x 4)
Buying it:
Availability: 12/60 days
Cost: Parts: 5,250Y
Labor: 2,000Y to 8,000Y
Street Index: 4 (Parts only)
Note: Includes MPCP upgrade, but must have
existing MPCP source code.
New Decks:
A MPCP that is designed from scratch for a FCI is
not any harder than another MPCP. Only the addition of
adding FCI is difficult.
The Simsense hardware above is used in all decks that
have an FCI.
New Off-The-Shelf (OTS) Decks:
Fuchi: Cost: Availability: Street Index:
Cyber-4FCI 128,900Y 8/10 days 1.0
Cyber-6FCI 342,000Y 12/20 days 1.0
Cyber-7FCI 1,119,600Y 20/60 days 1.0
Comment and enjoy. I am working on other stuff to be released when
I get some more time.
-- Quiktek
a.k.a. Todd Montgomery
tmont@****.wvu.edu
tmont@***.wvu.edu
un032507@*******.wvnet.edu
