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Shv laser — The ENCOM SHV 20905 Digitizing Laser.

The ENCOM SHV 20905 digitizing laser (aka the Shiva laser) is the conduit by which users pass from the real world into the TRON system. It is operated from a nearby computer and is coupled to powerful server hardware that contains all of the software platform and program code of the TRON system.

The SHV 20905 was built in the mid 1980s, and is an updated version of ENCOM's previous laser built in 1982. Since 1983, it has been hidden in the basement of Flynn's Arcade. Kevin Flynn frequently used the laser to enter the TRON system until his disappearance in 1989. In 2010, his son Sam inadvertently activated the laser and was struck by it when exploring the basement of the arcade. This resulted in the younger Flynn being transported into TRON City like his father before him.

Behind-the-scenes

The laser is named Shiva after the real-life Shiva laser located in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which was used in the filming of TRON.

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 [[File:Shv_laser.jpg|thumb|The ENCOM SHV 20905 Digitizing Laser.]]
-The [[ENCOM]] '''SHV 20905''' [[Digitization|digitizing]] laser (aka the '''Shiva laser''') was built in the mid 1980s, and is an updated version of [[encom laser|ENCOM's previous laser]] built in [[1982]]. Since 1983, it has been sitting in the basement of [[Kevin Flynn|Kevin Flynn's]] [[Flynn's Arcade|arcade]]. Flynn frequently used the laser to enter [[cyberspace]] until his disappearence in 1989. In 2010, his son, [[Sam Flynn|Sam]], was accidently struck by the laser when exploring the basment, finding himself in [[Tron City|TRON City]].
+The [[ENCOM]] '''SHV 20905''' [[Digitization|digitizing]] laser (aka the '''Shiva laser''') is the conduit by which [[user]]s pass from the [[real world]] into the [[TRON system]]. It is operated from a nearby computer and is coupled to powerful server hardware that contains all of the software platform and program code of the TRON system.
+The SHV 20905 was built in the mid 1980s, and is an updated version of ENCOM's previous laser built in 1982. Since 1983, it has been hidden in the basement of [[Flynn's Arcade]]. [[Kevin Flynn]] frequently used the laser to enter the TRON system until his disappearance in 1989. In 2010, his son [[Sam Flynn|Sam]] inadvertently activated the laser and was struck by it when exploring the basement of the arcade. This resulted in the younger Flynn being transported into [[TRON City]] like his father before him.
-The laser houses four cylinders that store the molecules and elements (oxygen, carbon, etc.) of the digitized user while in cyberspace. When the user in digitized, the containers fill up with the user's molecules and when he is regenerated, the molecules are shot out of the laser and fall back into place.
 ==Behind-the-scenes==
-The laser is named ''Shiva'' after the real-life [[wikipedia:Shiva_laser|Shiva laser]] located in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which was used in the filming of ''[[Tron (film)|TRON]]''.
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+The laser is named ''Shiva'' after the real-life [[wikipedia:Shiva_laser|Shiva laser]] located in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which was used in the filming of ''[[TRON]]''.
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