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[Waitdev_]

basically, a pocket computer, but uses ender modems.

might already be in development, but hey. if it's not, this would be a pretty cool thing to have ;3

[Bomb Bloke]

Not as useful as you might think - when determining whether two modems can communicate, ComputerCraft checks only the range of the stronger of the two. Regular modems can talk to ender modems, so there's not much point in having ender modems attached to "client" devices (that is, anything that's not acting as a "repeat" or "gps" server).

[Waitdev_]

Bomb Bloke, on 14 January 2016 - 06:04 AM, said:

Not as useful as you might think - when determining whether two modems can communicate, ComputerCraft checks only the range of the stronger of the two. Regular modems can talk to ender modems, so there's not much point in having ender modems attached to "client" devices (that is, anything that's not acting as a "repeat" or "gps" server).

oh, that's something i didn't know about; thanks for telling me ;3

[leveljaap]

Bomb Bloke, on 14 January 2016 - 06:04 AM, said:

Regular modems can talk to ender modems

Yep they do, but wireless modems still have limited range and what if you want to talk to a pocket computer instead of a normal computer? I have got a server and I made phones out of pocket computers but because of the limited range of the wireless modems they don't work that well. I've also made teleporters out of pocket computers for those without OP but they don't work if are far away from the command computer that runs it all.

So my opinion is that pocket computers should have ender modems.

[Bomb Bloke]

As mentioned, whether two modems can communicate depends only on the modem with the higher range. Set up one regular computer to run the "repeat" script through an Ender Modem, and you'll find Pocket Computers with regular Wireless Modems can communicate nearly anywhere throughout your whole world.

Given this, there's no point to spending extra gold on additional Ender Modems even if you could slap them onto Pocket Computers.