Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: 1974

1974 brought us the SCELBI 8H, SQL, and the Captain Crunch whistle.

Topic/Feedback links:

• SCELBI (Wikipedia)
• The SCELBI-8H, Probably the First Advertised Personal Computer Sold in Kit Form
• The SCELBI Mini-Computer (Mike Willegal)
• Build your own SCELBI 8H (Mike Willegal)
• Mike’s Hobby Blog, category: 8008. (Mike Willegal)
• Mike Willegal introduces the SCELBI 8H at VCF W 2020
• SQL (Wikipedia)
• John Draper (John Draper, Captain Crunch, Wikipedia)

Retro Computing News:

• A][ VGA MINI card
• FLEX64K
• FLEX64K video (YouTube)
• Original GlobalTalk article (Paul Rickards)
• Marchintosh page for GlobalTalk
• FozzTexx GlobalTalk docker image (GitHub)
• Cat Fight (GitHub)
• Brutal Deluxe: Mr. Sprite

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• The Most Personal Computer (1982 Apple ad)
• SQL Server

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa (Lisa documentary by David Greelish, Vimeo)
• Yes, again.

Auction Picks:

• Carrington
  • OSHA workers building construction game for Apple II
  • Apparently Choplifter was also bought by some people
  • The most personal computer?
• Earl
  • Vintage Commodore PET Model 4016-12 Computer UNTESTED
• Paul:
  • Blue Cray
  • TG Select-a-port
  • Bid or the Apple II collection gets it. You have 3 days.
  • MPF-III/312? 311? 310?
    • See also: Microprofessor III (Wikipedia)
  • Apple IIe dehancement kit

A2Stream file:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr274.a2stream

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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