Early 90s Guide To Cyberpunk Necessities

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That's a lot of shit to carry. From 1993 Issue #10 of Mondo 2000.

32

Ahh, a voice changer right where it belongs: on the ankle.

[off topic]

I like to read old science fiction and check out the things the authors got wrong.

Maybe my favorite is the 'mini VHS recorders' from Neuromancer.

I wanted a Dick Tracy watch so badly. Tech just decided to skip all of that and put a screen on a watch. Boo.

This is me, as long as you replace the Powerbook with a Thinkpad T420.

Oh shit, a reference to 2600 magazine! Nostalgia bomb..

I used to read it while pooping as a perl programmer at one of my first jobs

This image obtained with a 1990s micro camera?

Nah, scanned with that Logitech Portable Scanner.

I'm assuming the Scan Man 32 for Mac resulted in Game Boy Camera quality images.

EasyTouch maxed out at 400 DPI and the 256 was 256 shades of grayscale.

It doesn't say when the original ScanMan Color came out or how many colors it had but the Color 2000 didn't come out until '96 and had a 24 million color pallette.

So, yeah, sounds about right for the ScanMan 32.

This guy looks straight out of the film Hackers.


Also, for real, mirrorshade sunglasses never went out of style.

That's a lot of black to make sure the clothes glue to your skin in the sun.

30 years on, that guy still had all those gadgets dangling from his belt, but now he’s the crazy old guy who lives in the junkyard

Updated for the 21st century: a status quo enforcer with police and presidential loyalty ties that really likes neon and having sex with people that like neon while maintaining the status quo in a way that makes them a Legend of Night City(tm).

So much Sony product!! 🫤

These days, all that dude now needs is a phone and probably a tablet. Maybe a laptop slung over his shoulder.