"Retro" Shadowrun, How to create a game in the SR past Options

[The_Sarge]

Hoi there.

I was just flipping through some old sourcebooks and realized that I'd like to play a few oneshots in some of the old timeline again. At the same time... I've fallen in love with the SR4th rules. They're just easier on me and most of my players.

I could just create some chars, but then I'd had to exclude deckers totally and fiddle around with riggers big time. Also, some of the gear would be pretty high-tech for, say, the late 2040s.

What I'm asking is, is there already an older thread (I really can't think of any keywords to search for, right now. :-/ ) which discusses this, or if not, can you help me with a) putting a list when which cyberware became available (I only own SR3 and SR4, so I can't compare lists from SR1 and SR2 with those two) and b) if anyone has some old-school decking rules/hacks for the SR4 system.

Input would be greatly appreciated. :)