World Power Systems scam

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Oct 8 21:20:57 1998

< > > Does anyone recall the month and year the "World Power Systems"
< > > scam advertisement appeared in (was it?) Byte?
< >
< > What was the nature of this scam?

Byte, Kilobaud and interface age were all DNP for full page ads and any
customer that purchased was also part of the gig. There was nothing real
about them or the product.

Sphere was also considered a scam though they were real and did ship
some product. They failed and took a few people. This was common back
then as the industry was moving very fast. Everyone thought they could do
the MITS or SWTP thing but didn't have the business skills or sometimes
the design skills.

I also have a copy of Microtrek that only printed one issue of the mag!

Allison
Received on Thu Oct 08 1998 - 21:20:57 BST