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   1 NE_SPC2000 v1.1
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   7                                  NYA ELEKTRISKA
   8                              innovation information
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  11 DCPU-16 Hardware Info:
  12     Name: SPC2000 - Suspension Chamber 2000
  13     ID: 0x40e41d9d, version: 0x005e
  14     Manufacturer: 0x1c6c8b36 (NYA_ELEKTRISKA)
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  17 ======================= WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ========================
  18   FERMIONS NEAR THE ACTIVATION RADIUS ARE CATASTROPHICALLY DESTROYED. DO NOT
  19   USE NEAR EARTH OR MARS OR ANY OTHER FUTURE EARTH COLONIES. DO NOT TAMPER
  20   WITH THE VACUUM DETECTOR. DO NOT USE IN AN UNEVEN GRAVITATIONAL FIELD. DO
  21   NOT USE WHEN ROTATING. DO NOT USE WHEN ACCELERATING. ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
  22   IS PROVIDED, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
  23   THE ZEF882 INCLUDED IN THIS SUSPENSION CHAMBER IS ILLEGAL IN ALL COUNTRIES.
  24 ======================= WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ========================
  25
  26 Description:
  27     The SPC2000 is a deep sleep cell based on the ZEF882 time dilation field
  28     generator (available from Polytron Corporation Incorporated).
  29     It provides safe and nearly instantaneous time passage, making long journeys
  30     in space much easier on the passengers, and allowing cargo to reach its
  31     destination with minimal aging occurring.
  32     Due to the nature of the ZEF882, it affects the entire vessel (50 meter
  33     radius, and will only engage in a near vacuum. Once the SPC2000 is active,
  34     the vessel will be almost nowhere to an external observer, and detection of
  35     the vessel is beyond unlikely.
  36     Because of the strong extra-dimensional acceleration and non-linear temporal
  37     distortion that occurs, it's highly recommended that passengers are strapped
  38     in and asleep when triggering the SCP2000.
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  41 Improvements:
  42     * Added the ability to set the unit to skip to something other than the
  43       default setting of milliseconds.
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  46 Interrupt behavior:
  47     When a HWI is received by the SPC2000, it reads the A register and does one
  48     of the following actions:
  49
  50     0: GET_STATUS
  51        Sets the C register to 1 if the SPC2000 is ready to trigger. If it's not,
  52        the B register is set to one of the following values:
  53           0x0000: ######################## - EVACUATE VESSEL IMMEDIATELY
  54           0x0001: Not in a vacuum
  55           0x0002: Not enough fuel
  56           0x0003: Gravitational forces too uneven
  57           0x0004: Too much angular momentum
  58           0x0005: One or more cell doors are open
  59           0x0006: Mechanical error
  60           0xffff: Unknown error - EVACUATE VESSEL IMMEDIATELY
  61     1: SET_UNIT_TO_SKIP
  62        Reads the B register, and reads a 64 bit number from memory address B
  63        in big endian, and sets the number of units to skip to that number.
  64     2: TRIGGER_DEVICE
  65        Performs GET_STATUS, and if C is 0, triggers the SCP2000. The status can
  66        be read as the result of the GET_STATUS call.
  67     3: SET_SKIP_UNIT
  68        Reads the B register, and sets the size of the unit to skip to one of:
  69            0x0000: Milliseconds
  70            0x0001: Minutes
  71            0x0002: Days
  72            0x0003: Years
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  74
  75 A message from Ola:
  76     Good morning,
  77
  78     Thanks for purchasing this piece of hardware! I hope it will enlighten you
  79     and give you new hope in life. As this suspension chamber basically works as
  80     a one way time machine, I suppose I should wish you a pleasant journey, and
  81     ask of you to enjoy the future. It is yours now. All of it.
  82
  83     - Ola Kristian Carlsson
  84