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 Jan 26 2011, 12:27 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 588 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 227  |
Anybody who played SR1 / 2 probably remembers the "fairlight Excalibur" as the (near mythical, due to price) top of the line cyberdeck. And of course there's Arthur Vogel. This may shed some light on where those names came from...
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/25/fairl...synth-demo.html |
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Jan 26 2011, 12:41 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,537 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Pretty old news, but still nice to see other people picking up on it still ^^
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Jan 26 2011, 02:42 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
See, this I didn't know. So thanks there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jan 26 2011, 07:21 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
makes me wonder about those decks...
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Jan 26 2011, 12:08 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 912 Joined: 5-September 03 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Member No.: 5,585 |
...and if you checked out some of the old illustrations of the decks in question you'd have no doubt of their "origin" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
And Fairlights were BIG back in the mid 80's. Not quite as costly, but close. We're just lucky Moog is vicious about trademark, or you might have read about Slam-O hacking Renraku with his Moo-G 5670... -Tir "Later Y'all. I've got to skin me some dinner!" "..." "..." "..." "..." "..." "THAT' S OUR JOHNSON?!" "By all that's holy, he'd better be a free sprit with a bad sense of humour or we're going to feed him and then you into a damned woodchipper." |
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Jan 26 2011, 09:29 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
QUOTE (Tiralee @ Jan 26 2011, 01:08 PM)  ...and if you checked out some of the old illustrations of the decks in question you'd have no doubt of their "origin" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Partly, tho my thinking was more towards micro-computers like the commodore 64 or similar. Only replace the TV out with a cable to the jack. |
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Apr 29 2011, 02:20 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
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Apr 29 2011, 02:26 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,300 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 15,648 |
QUOTE (Tiralee @ Jan 26 2011, 12:08 PM) We're just lucky Moog is vicious about trademark, or you might have read about Slam-O hacking Renraku with his Moo-G 5670... How could a Moog cyberdeck possibly be considered a bad idea? |
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Apr 30 2011, 02:54 PM
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Tilting at Windmills Group: Members Posts: 1,636 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Amarillo, TX, CAS Member No.: 388 |
I'm a child of the 80s, and a huge fan of both Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, so the more people do to keep those memories alive is okay by me. Enjoyed both of the links in this one immensely; my thanks to you.
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