Computer developed by a panel of Pentagon engineers as a substitute for the Dial-Home Device on Earth. The development of the computer took some 15 years, as it was difficult to match the Stargate's "pulse" language with corresponding gate functions. KEY EPISODE(S) - "Stargate" the movie - Dr. Jackson uncovers the seventh symbol, the point of origin, and opens the Stargate for the first time in some 50 years. The Fifth Race - Colonel O'Neill, under the control of the downloaded Ancients knowledge, rewrites the dialing computer to include a plethora of new gate coordinates not included in the Abydos cartouche, and therefor unknown to the Goa'uld. Serpent's Song - With Sokar knocking on the S.G.C.'s door, Carter is forced to devise a method of increasing the dialing computer's speed to establsih an out-going wormhole.  |
