24 Jun
2011
24 Jun
'11
1:17 p.m.
In article <BANLkTim+JZLQRj_o9K5x-RTt361uwKfGcA at mail.gmail.com>,
William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> writes:
Interesting. I had learned of this machine because of its local Utah
connection. I even tracked down one of the original employees and had
been meaning to do a phone interview with him. IIRC, when I contacted
him he reported that he didn't have any original hardware anymore.
The original designer has passed away a number of years ago.
http://www.wix.com/hivalerie/sphere1#!
Gen X website, beware!
Pretty much all Spheres were prototypes - NONE of them worked properly
out of the box (or as a bag of parts), and they ALL had to spend time
with a thick ECO list.
They were crap, plain and simple. Interestingly, just a couple of days ago, I was
informed that the last
of my Sphere stuff has been found, and after ten plus years of hiding,
is getting back in my hands. I should have enough parts to make at
least two "complete" Spheres, plus maybe a third, and then have parts
left over. We shall see. I will likely use them as trade bait, unless
people want to part with their money.
I have an interested because its connected to Utah, but I haven't been
specifically looking for it. IIRC, it doesn't have any graphics out
of the box. It has a summary entry in this book:
Collectible Microcomputers
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764316001/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag…
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