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Message no. 1
From: David Mezerette <mezeretted@*****.U-NANCY.FR>
Subject: Re SR3 cyberware (was Re: Datajacks)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 09:03:23 +0100
At 13:18 20/10/97 +0100, you wrote:
>And verily, did David Mezerette hastily scribble thusly...
>|this is quite unclear to me, for a so-called 'rigger datajack' is of no use
>|without a VCR, and a 'normal' datajack is of no use without an encephalon or
>|an i/o processor? aren't those pieces which are tied to the brain? if not, a
>|datajack is really essence-friendly for a device which has so deep brain
>|interactions...
>
>Datajack no use without an Encephalon or i/o processor????
>Eh?
>
>What about the old, pre-shadowtech datajack that had a mini-processor built
>in? (Of COURSE datajacks are useful without add-ons)
>--
it is said it comes w/ a built-in level 0 I/O processor ....and i think the
VCR has this function as well...

speaking about shadowtech (i don't have it at hand so i can't tell exactly
how it is said, but tis in the cybertechnology chapter), i remember reading
something about dividingf cyberware in 4 categories: senseware, bodyware,
matrixware and head(/cephalo?)ware, each one having its own interface. has
someone ever worked on this? and what does it exactly mean? was it a project
for a new cyberware system? if yes, will we see it in SR3?

ChYlD
mezeretted@*****.u-nancy.fr
Message no. 2
From: Duncan McNeill-Burton <dmcneill@************.EDU>
Subject: Re: Re SR3 cyberware (was Re: Datajacks)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 17:34:33 -0400
ChYID said:
>speaking about shadowtech (i don't have it at hand so i can't tell exactly
>how it is said, but tis in the cybertechnology chapter), i remember reading
>something about dividingf cyberware in 4 categories: senseware, bodyware,
>matrixware and head(/cephalo?)ware, each one having its own interface. has
>someone ever worked on this? and what does it exactly mean? was it a
project
>for a new cyberware system? if yes, will we see it in SR3?
>

I do have my copy of Shadowtech handy and there's no weird rules for the
interface itself, mostly because the interfaces are the trails of gold left
behind by the nanites used in the final stages of surgery. As for the
separation, I find it odd that they made a distinction between headware and
matrixware, since the illustrations show both of them mounted on the same
breadboard in the schmuckie's skull.

However, I do believe that Wigs' SR Archive does actually have rules for
subprocessors and interfaces for the sensory stuff if you really want them.

Later-
Duncan McNeill-Burton
-Berek Thunderfist, Wolf Lord of the Blackmane Company
-Freelance Corporate Espionage Agent
-Tech Priest in Training
http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/~dmcneill
"Your eyes shiver and you grit your teeth,
you've sold your soul, now cold blood's how you get relief."
-Ice T
Message no. 3
From: Ray & Tamara <macey@***.BRISNET.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: Re SR3 cyberware (was Re: Datajacks)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 21:18:55 +1000
> speaking about shadowtech (i don't have it at hand so i can't tell exactly
> how it is said, but tis in the cybertechnology chapter), i remember reading
> something about dividingf cyberware in 4 categories: senseware, bodyware,
> matrixware and head(/cephalo?)ware, each one having its own interface. has
> someone ever worked on this? and what does it exactly mean? was it a
project
> for a new cyberware system? if yes, will we see it in SR3?

These rules were only important if you used the cyberware damage rules from
that book, or for interest's sake. It divided the different types of
cyberware into categories, and each category had a controller that controlled
all of the pieces of cyberware in that category. It was free with the first
piece of cyberware in the appropriate category, and costed no essence. It
functioned invisibly to the character. It allowed for the possibility of
damaging the controller with cyberware damage, and losing the functionality
of all cyberware in that category. Other than that though, it was fairly
un-used.

NightRain.

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Message no. 4
From: NightRain <macey@***.BRISNET.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: Re SR3 cyberware (was Re: Datajacks)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 15:14:31 +1000
>I do have my copy of Shadowtech handy and there's no weird rules for the
>interface itself, mostly because the interfaces are the trails of gold
left
>behind by the nanites used in the final stages of surgery. As for the


There are a few rules for damaging the subsystems on p.40.

NightRain.

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