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> SCL Fab in Chandigarh, which back in the 1980s used to sell Intel knockoffs to the Soviet and Indian defense industries before it was burned down during the K
by sirtaj 3y ago
> SCL Fab in Chandigarh, which back in the 1980s used to sell Intel knockoffs to the Soviet and Indian defense industries before it was burned down during the Khalistan insurgency.
Among other things, they also made a BBC Micro clone called the SCL Unicorn, our school had half a dozen of them and they were always in popular demand with us computer nerds.
- alephnerd 3y agoI'll let the team know. I know the uncles who worked on that! The entire old school SCL and DRDO Chandigarh community emigrated to the US in the 1990s.
- sirtaj 3y agoThere is a digital artist who does live show effects for some of the largest bands in the world, he got his start learning 3D programming as a teen on the Unicorns in the BBC's excellent structured BASIC.
- alephnerd 3y agoWhat their name?
- sirtaj 3y agoRather not mention their name here without their permission, sorry! But this is one of the outcomes[1] 1. https://www.disguise.one/ https://www.disguise.one/
- alephnerd 3y agoNo worries! This is really dope actually! Def letting the uncles know! They'll have a blast talking about this over Glenmorangie, Chicken 65, and Punjabi backchodi