From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Cyberware-free decking
Date:	Mon, 14 Aug 1995 17:30:44 +0930

MENARD Steve wrote:
>
[ Is a mage with no cyber turtling? ]

> The way I see this, it would qualify as keyboard-only decking(not
> quite as bad as tortoise, but bad enough). The 4 states(full-cyber,
> normal, keyboard and tortoise) are explained, albeit very superficially,
> in the decking section od SR2.

No... there's full cybernetic interface, which allows you to react faster,
but puts you at more risk. Normal is a mixture of cybernetic and keyboard
interface. Full keyboard interface means all your commands are typed. This
slows you down, but the extra filter helps protect your brain. However, it
still goes through a jack, and is a VR environment, etc, etc.

Tortoising is using a terminal to "deck". This is the only way you can deck
without "jacking in".

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