Talk:Scrap electronics

What idiot put ICs in the game when canon clearly states they werent invented?
I mean really? 99.61.40.108 23:27, November 13, 2010 (UTC) how rude.


 * Well, the first IC was developed back in 1958, in real life. Just take a look at the Fallout time line.. And given that most/some electronic parts in Fallout seem to rely on ICs, it isn't really an "idiotic" idea. Can you refer to an actual source to reinforce your statement?


 * Furthermore it's nowhere described that these scrap electronics in fact contain ICs, IIRC. --   ryz    (talk)   23:38, February 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree with the original poster, this is a big breach of canon, ironic considering it is something so small. Maybe if New Vegas was developed by Bethesda not Obsidian the hardcore people would be complaining.


 * The scrap electronics do contain ICs, you can see it on the damn thing. It doesn't need to be described, it is there, look at it.


 * And ICs and other miniaturized electronics are not in the Fallout universe. In states so in a Fallout wiki article about the divergence between the Fallout universe and real universe (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Divergence), where everything after 1945 is kinda up for grabs (hard to tell where the divergence is exactly). To quote: "Instead of working to develop miniaturized electronics, post-World War II humanity in the Fallout universe invested its technological efforts in massive supercomputers (e.g., ZAX supercomputers), further harnessing the atom, inventing compact nuclear fusion power generators and an enhanced and miniaturized form of nuclear fission, as well as more advanced robotics, cybernetics and genetic engineering than we currently possess in our universe."--Commander Shepard 01:09, February 27, 2011 (UTC)

The car commercial seen in the intro of FO1 claims the car has no electronics, no computers, and is full analoge. If there were no electronics by the time of the Great War, than the pre-war world would not likely have heard of electronics in the first place. Since it is mentioned in the commercial, electronics were indeed in exsistance around the pre-war years, although maybe not favored. --Radnus 14:24, October 5, 2011 (UTC)