From:	"Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Mo' bettah Cyberdoodads
Date:	Tue, 5 May 1998 12:59:08 -0700

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> From: Katt Freyson <katt@******.NET>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: Mo' bettah Cyberdoodads
> Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 12:46 PM
>
> |> From: Jeremy "Bolthy" Zimmerman
> |> Sent: May 5, 1998 12:14 PM
> |> Subject: Re: Mo' bettah Cyberdoodads
>
> |> If you're into non-SR references, this reminds me that Turner,
> |> in Gibson's
> |> "Count Zero" had "dust covers" for his datajacks, IIRC.
Nothing fancy
or
> |> sophisticated, just a little plug that he put into his jack when
> |> he wasn't
> |> using it to keep ickies from getting in. =)
>
> I am suprised that this was never included in SR [If I err pardon] and
> even CP2020 does not seem to have those. Though I believe that Solo of
> Fortune did. Whatever, this makes so much sense that I would rule [as a
GM]
> that these come automatically with Datajacks.
>

I lump it with the cleaning kits for cyber eyes. The first time you hear
about it is in Cybertechnology. The narrator says that cybereyes come with
cleaning kits and that you really should use them. Do you ever hear about
them elsewhere? Nope. Common sense isn't always a strong factor, I think.