Sphere papers gone

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
Date: Sun Oct 5 14:48:03 1997

On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, William Donzelli wrote:

> I am not saying that the Sphere papers are of real historical significance
> - the company simply did not last very long, and in my opinion, was a
> producer of junk - but anything Sphere is very rare.

Sphere did make junk, and yes it is very rare. I'd be curious to know if
anyone actually has a Sphere computer.

> Speaking of NSFnet stuff, I may be able to get some of the really old
> stuff, when the network was built with RTs, token rings, and 56 K DSUs. If
> I can get one of the old RTs, would the Vintage Computer Festival people
> be interested as a door prize?

Perhaps for a future year :) In the very least it would be nice to have
one for the exhibition.


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