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=== System/s === | === System/s === | ||
− | A typical PGC at any given tech level usually consisted of | + | A typical PGC at any given tech level usually consisted of three components: |
# '''Transceiver''': This unit would handle the data communications via the band (or bands) used. The sizes vary widely by tech level and type of device: P-wave systems became very small very early, while X-wave devices remained a bit bulkier (in a very relative sense, given their immense power). | # '''Transceiver''': This unit would handle the data communications via the band (or bands) used. The sizes vary widely by tech level and type of device: P-wave systems became very small very early, while X-wave devices remained a bit bulkier (in a very relative sense, given their immense power). | ||
# '''Control unit''': A tiny computer that managed the system, its frequency allocation and power usage, and contained other user-specific data, including security, cryptography, and "contact list" applications, among many other. | # '''Control unit''': A tiny computer that managed the system, its frequency allocation and power usage, and contained other user-specific data, including security, cryptography, and "contact list" applications, among many other. | ||
# '''Interface''': This was the collection of microphones, earphones/transducers, screens and data displays that would allow the user to transmit and receive, as well as to share information among other devices and users, forward data to exterior devices such as large view-screens in dwellings, in offices and on ships. | # '''Interface''': This was the collection of microphones, earphones/transducers, screens and data displays that would allow the user to transmit and receive, as well as to share information among other devices and users, forward data to exterior devices such as large view-screens in dwellings, in offices and on ships. | ||
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=== Configuration === | === Configuration === |