From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: A coupla 'deck questions.
Date:	Sun, 17 Apr 1994 22:45:24 +0930

>
>Hmmm... This argument about grounding and quickening is getting to the
>point of resorting to "DID TOO!" "DID NOT!" "DID TOO!"
Redundant,
>pointless, and absolutely childish.
>
>Anyways, I've a couple of questions about cyberdecks:
>
> 1. What kind of power source do decks use? Are they internal or
>external? The reason I ask is because in the
>_Choose_Your_Enemies_Carefully_ novel, Hart has Jenny check the power
>consumption of the apartment before she goes in. Yet, in other places,
>it refers to Dodger decking from the forest in Tir Tairngir(sp?).
>
Ever seen a laptop computer? Run it off batteries for a while, then you
need a recharge. (Far as I'm concerned, a while is long enough for standard
activities. I did make one decker bring along a solar power array for an
extended stay in the Australian outback, though

> 2. Are cyberdecks capable of accessing the Matrix via the cellular
>phone network? Or are they limited to hardwired telecom lines?
>
Yes, no, maybe. *shrug*
It says in one of the sourcebooks (Shadowbeat?) that even standard telecom
lines won't give you full Matrix access. I'd imagine that cellular phones
give the same kind of access as standard phones.

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Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9 am,
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