When jacked in, the cowboy has a semi-consciousness of body as he uses it to punch down data-lines. I see a flat, sci-fi alien looking keyboard panel or some kind of hand-interface which the cowboy uses to control movement and make commands. Slots for disks (would be usb ports probably if made today).
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Meanwhile, CAA denies Willis’s participation on a second film for sale at the market, “Pure,” which seller Epic Pictures had reportedly told buyers would involve the star. This computer has a manual interface atop it. The cyberdecks of fiction are not described in much detail, but from what descriptions exist, they are usually portable, have a build-in keyboard and screen (holy 1980s, Batman), and are products of street tech, cobbled together from different military and surplus parts and other obtainium (scrounged or stolen gear). The producers are Hoffman and Jay Firestone. Michael Ryan and Guy Collins are selling the film through their banner GFM Films. He is given a second chance when a shady business man sends him on a cyber-hack mission. Heroic and skilful action for Case takes place at the computer keyboard. This is likely a reference to the term 'console cowboy' that author William Gibson uses in his novel Neuromancer. cowboys attempt to pirate information by jackingor pluggingthemselves into the. From the software black market and the daring keyboard. “Neuromancer” follows a low-level drug-abusing console cowboy in futuristic Japan, where stealing means hacking into high-powered computer systems (The Matrix), which he is able to do via an chip electrode in his brain–until he’s given a powerful blocking toxin as punishment for cyber theft. At one point Eugene 'The Plague' Belford uses the term 'keyboard cowboy'. Case was the best interface cowboy who ever ran in Earth's computer matrix. we all bear the scars of this fallen age but this is when it’s most important to strive, and it’s never for nothing, because you redeem yourself by the very act of striving.
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Also used in the movie Hackers by that evil dude The Plague. Used to describe a hacker or a computer-savvy individual.
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