Booting Up

There was a very obvious button on the front marked "Power" so Jon pushed it. Lights all over the machine came on immediately, and the screen in the front panel filled with text: **Replomat(TM) BIOS version 25.14.1 '©1985-2003 Hitek Industries Inc., all rights reserved. Loading Microsoft(TM) Producer® '06.... OS load complete. SYSTEM STATUS: Heisenberg Compensators: 99.6% tuned (no adjustment needed) Capacitor Charge: 91% Estimated time to full charge: 0d 1h 24m 21s Stored Repicator Patterns: 3.2 Pb Total Pattern Memory: 256 Pb Local Net Connection: Enabled Material Reserves:** After that was detailed a long list of elements and amounts. High on the list with quantities measured in kilograms were common things like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, iron, silicon, and aluminum. Karyn observed to Jon that there was a bit of gold (2.5 grams) and silver (30.2 grams) stored in the machine. The "Estimated time to full charge" countdown clock was steadily decreasing. As Jon and Karyn watched, the "capacitor charge" amount changed from 91 to 92%. Aside from the power button, there were no other visible controls anywhere on the front of the machine.