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🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond. |
0:11.7 | And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me. |
0:16.9 | Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email, Kim. Fill that out, and that's it. |
0:22.7 | I always like to start with something interesting. |
0:24.3 | So how about a little PC history? |
0:26.7 | In June of 1977, 45 years ago, can you believe that? |
0:31.0 | Apple computer shipped, it's Apple 2. |
0:33.4 | Now, get this, it cost $1,298 years ago. It came with, oh, wow, get this 4K of RAM. |
0:42.1 | Yes, upgradable to 48. It had sound. It had color graphics. That's why everybody was really loving it. |
0:47.5 | It also had the basic programming language built in and sold really well in schools and in some |
0:52.0 | businesses because it had a spreadsheet program. |
0:55.2 | Anybody have the name of the spreadsheet program? You're going to have to get bonus points if you do. |
1:00.5 | Visicalc. That's right. It was a visicalk. But that wasn't the oldest Apple computer. That was not |
1:06.2 | the oldest. See if you can go back in time. The oldest computer can be traced back to Adam and Eve. |
1:12.6 | That's right. It was in Apple Genesis. It had limited memory, just one bite, and then everything just crashed. |
1:20.9 | Just crashed. All right. You see, on that happy note, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, to America's largest show about all things digital. |
1:28.4 | You can find us on over 420 top stations throughout the United States. And of course, we're streaming in your favorite radio app. |
1:34.5 | Just search for my last name, Commando, of course. And then you can find us streaming as a podcast, as a webcast, commercial free. |
1:40.7 | Whenever you want, you get three months of archives over at get kim.com. |
1:44.4 | Because after all, it's called The Kim Commando show because guess what? I'm America's |
1:48.3 | Digital Pro. Kim Commando here with you once again. And a special thank you and salute goes out |
1:53.2 | to all of our listeners on the American Forces Network radio. More than 375,000 American |
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