As to the design of the Sol case, did you know that it "inspired" Steve Jobs' design of the Apple II case? In Michael Moritz' "The Little Kingdom" it was written: "Jobs thought the cigar boxes [housing the home-made computers] that sat on the ... desk tops during Homebrew meetings were as elegant as fly traps. The angular, blue and black sheet-metal case that housed Processor Technology's Sol struck him as clumsy and industrial ... Bob Stek Saver of Lost Sols