Early 90s Guide To Cyberpunk Necessities

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

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puts probes of voltmeter into outlet

I'm in.

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- You forgot to turn on your voice changer.
  
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A bit better-quality version, found via TinEye. :3

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- Doing the cyberlords work
  
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  May the gigabits be plentiful and lag-free this year! Amen!
  
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Ahh, a voice changer right where it belongs: on the ankle.

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This was cringe even in the '90s.

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- Speak for urself
  
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- 🤣
  
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Never leave hacker home without your torque wrench

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- A torque wrench and no soldering iron?
  
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- or those boots damn
  
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- Gotta make sure those computer cases are tightened juuuuust right
  
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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

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

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[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.

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- I wanted a Dick Tracy watch so badly. Tech just decided to skip all of that and put a screen on a watch. Boo.
  
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- What they really got wrong was the clothing: so much anime/hentai.
  
  This is a techno-goth.
  
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Oh shit, a reference to 2600 magazine! Nostalgia bomb..

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- I used to read it while pooping as a perl programmer at one of my first jobs
  
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That's a lot of black to make sure the clothes glue to your skin in the sun.

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Obligatory Johnny Mnemonic:

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This guy looks straight out of the film Hackers.

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

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This image obtained with a 1990s micro camera?

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- Nah, scanned with that Logitech Portable Scanner.
  
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  I'm assuming the Scan Man 32 for Mac resulted in Game Boy Camera quality images.
  
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- archive.org scan
  
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- Jpeg was only invented in 1992
  
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So much Sony product!! 🫤

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

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