Less-severe penalties from Familiarity (p. B169) for unfamiliar computer equipment, and/or success at Computer Hacking or Computer Programming lets you improvise code that removes -1/level from the penalty for not having proper software for a task that requires it (p. B345).
Less-severe penalties from Familiarity (p. B169) – which can run to -10 in certain cases (see p. B189) – when using any skill to operate unfamiliar gear that runs on electricity.