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From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Datajacks Part 2
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:09:17 +0200
According to JRCrandall@***.com, at 9:58 on 25 Aug 99, the word on
the street was...

> I posted a question on the "why" of multiple datajacks and got several good

> answers. Thanks.

That's what we're here for :)

> Some of the answers raised another question though. The gear description
> states that riggers and deckers mount datajacks in different areas to access
> different brain functions. Does this limit the accessories that can be used
> with each type of jack, and does this mean that you can't use the same jack
> for both purposes?

Using a decking jack to rig gives penalties, while using a rigging jack to
deck also gives (other) penalties; these are fully explained in Rigger 2
(page 16), and they're basically reductions in capability when using the
"wrong kind" of datajack for a task.

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