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In several fictional universes, if a robot or cyborg has to physically interface with a computer, a very long sharp metal spike is used, instead of a normal cable socket with multiple wires insulated from each other as we do in real life. Bonus points if that data connector doubles as a deadly weapon.
I don't remember any real-life data connector of that style (besides headphone jacks, but they are nowhere that big). Did such a thing really exist, and which fictional universe does it originate from as a standard robot's interface kit?
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In several fictional universes, if a robot or cyborg has to physically interface with a computer, a very long sharp metal spike is used, instead of a normal cable socket with multiple wires insulated from each other as we do in real life. Bonus points if that data connector doubles as a deadly weapon.
I don't remember any real-life data connector of that style (besides headphone jacks, but they are nowhere that big). Did such a thing really exist, and which fictional universe does it originate from as a standard robot's interface kit?
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R2-D2's SCOMP isn't a sharp metal spike...
– Valorum
8 hours ago
I might not have picked the best illustration, but there are other data spikes in the Star Wars universe, and they are more sharp than the SCOMP you named. Still, it's a big and long spike, even if not as sharp as the one Robocop uses.
– vsz
8 hours ago
Shadowrun used it two years after RoboCop.
– FuzzyBoots
7 hours ago
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IRL, much smaller electronic connections like those on headphones were in use for decades prior to either RoboCop or Star Wars, so there's some precedent. But a giant literal spike like RoboCop's? I dunno about that one, it might well be the first of its kind, because there's no reason to have just a giant spike unless you needed it for a scene where you use it as an improvised weapon.
– SpaceWolf1701
7 hours ago
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In several fictional universes, if a robot or cyborg has to physically interface with a computer, a very long sharp metal spike is used, instead of a normal cable socket with multiple wires insulated from each other as we do in real life. Bonus points if that data connector doubles as a deadly weapon.
I don't remember any real-life data connector of that style (besides headphone jacks, but they are nowhere that big). Did such a thing really exist, and which fictional universe does it originate from as a standard robot's interface kit?
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In several fictional universes, if a robot or cyborg has to physically interface with a computer, a very long sharp metal spike is used, instead of a normal cable socket with multiple wires insulated from each other as we do in real life. Bonus points if that data connector doubles as a deadly weapon.
I don't remember any real-life data connector of that style (besides headphone jacks, but they are nowhere that big). Did such a thing really exist, and which fictional universe does it originate from as a standard robot's interface kit?
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R2-D2's SCOMP isn't a sharp metal spike...
– Valorum
8 hours ago
I might not have picked the best illustration, but there are other data spikes in the Star Wars universe, and they are more sharp than the SCOMP you named. Still, it's a big and long spike, even if not as sharp as the one Robocop uses.
– vsz
8 hours ago
Shadowrun used it two years after RoboCop.
– FuzzyBoots
7 hours ago
1
IRL, much smaller electronic connections like those on headphones were in use for decades prior to either RoboCop or Star Wars, so there's some precedent. But a giant literal spike like RoboCop's? I dunno about that one, it might well be the first of its kind, because there's no reason to have just a giant spike unless you needed it for a scene where you use it as an improvised weapon.
– SpaceWolf1701
7 hours ago
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R2-D2's SCOMP isn't a sharp metal spike...
– Valorum
8 hours ago
I might not have picked the best illustration, but there are other data spikes in the Star Wars universe, and they are more sharp than the SCOMP you named. Still, it's a big and long spike, even if not as sharp as the one Robocop uses.
– vsz
8 hours ago
Shadowrun used it two years after RoboCop.
– FuzzyBoots
7 hours ago
1
IRL, much smaller electronic connections like those on headphones were in use for decades prior to either RoboCop or Star Wars, so there's some precedent. But a giant literal spike like RoboCop's? I dunno about that one, it might well be the first of its kind, because there's no reason to have just a giant spike unless you needed it for a scene where you use it as an improvised weapon.
– SpaceWolf1701
7 hours ago
R2-D2's SCOMP isn't a sharp metal spike...
– Valorum
8 hours ago
R2-D2's SCOMP isn't a sharp metal spike...
– Valorum
8 hours ago
I might not have picked the best illustration, but there are other data spikes in the Star Wars universe, and they are more sharp than the SCOMP you named. Still, it's a big and long spike, even if not as sharp as the one Robocop uses.
– vsz
8 hours ago
I might not have picked the best illustration, but there are other data spikes in the Star Wars universe, and they are more sharp than the SCOMP you named. Still, it's a big and long spike, even if not as sharp as the one Robocop uses.
– vsz
8 hours ago
Shadowrun used it two years after RoboCop.
– FuzzyBoots
7 hours ago
Shadowrun used it two years after RoboCop.
– FuzzyBoots
7 hours ago
1
1
IRL, much smaller electronic connections like those on headphones were in use for decades prior to either RoboCop or Star Wars, so there's some precedent. But a giant literal spike like RoboCop's? I dunno about that one, it might well be the first of its kind, because there's no reason to have just a giant spike unless you needed it for a scene where you use it as an improvised weapon.
– SpaceWolf1701
7 hours ago
IRL, much smaller electronic connections like those on headphones were in use for decades prior to either RoboCop or Star Wars, so there's some precedent. But a giant literal spike like RoboCop's? I dunno about that one, it might well be the first of its kind, because there's no reason to have just a giant spike unless you needed it for a scene where you use it as an improvised weapon.
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7 hours ago
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real-life data connector
RCA connectors are simple spikes:
And coaxial cables have spike connectors too:
As well as cable TV, the first commercial versions of Ethernet, 10BASE5 and 10BASE2, used coaxial cables. Additional connections could be made by piercing the cable at any point with a vampire tap. This system was phased out in the late 80s.
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real-life data connector
RCA connectors are simple spikes:
And coaxial cables have spike connectors too:
As well as cable TV, the first commercial versions of Ethernet, 10BASE5 and 10BASE2, used coaxial cables. Additional connections could be made by piercing the cable at any point with a vampire tap. This system was phased out in the late 80s.
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real-life data connector
RCA connectors are simple spikes:
And coaxial cables have spike connectors too:
As well as cable TV, the first commercial versions of Ethernet, 10BASE5 and 10BASE2, used coaxial cables. Additional connections could be made by piercing the cable at any point with a vampire tap. This system was phased out in the late 80s.
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real-life data connector
RCA connectors are simple spikes:
And coaxial cables have spike connectors too:
As well as cable TV, the first commercial versions of Ethernet, 10BASE5 and 10BASE2, used coaxial cables. Additional connections could be made by piercing the cable at any point with a vampire tap. This system was phased out in the late 80s.
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real-life data connector
RCA connectors are simple spikes:
And coaxial cables have spike connectors too:
As well as cable TV, the first commercial versions of Ethernet, 10BASE5 and 10BASE2, used coaxial cables. Additional connections could be made by piercing the cable at any point with a vampire tap. This system was phased out in the late 80s.
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R2-D2's SCOMP isn't a sharp metal spike...
– Valorum
8 hours ago
I might not have picked the best illustration, but there are other data spikes in the Star Wars universe, and they are more sharp than the SCOMP you named. Still, it's a big and long spike, even if not as sharp as the one Robocop uses.
– vsz
8 hours ago
Shadowrun used it two years after RoboCop.
– FuzzyBoots
7 hours ago
1
IRL, much smaller electronic connections like those on headphones were in use for decades prior to either RoboCop or Star Wars, so there's some precedent. But a giant literal spike like RoboCop's? I dunno about that one, it might well be the first of its kind, because there's no reason to have just a giant spike unless you needed it for a scene where you use it as an improvised weapon.
– SpaceWolf1701
7 hours ago