Very old SPHERE computer doing very silly tricks, for SPHERETEMBER!!!
That's right, it's SPHERETEMBER! Third in our series about the Sphere microcomputer from 1975 out of Salt Lake City. In this episode we look at the fully assembled machine, we learn about old and new RAM solutions, we try Microsoft's BASIC, and we relive the glory of the @vcfederation 's Computer Festival West 2023 with a paper punch tape demo. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Recap 01:29 An assembled Sphere 02:20 The internals 04:28 Vintage & modern memory boards! 06:22 Using Microsoft 6800 BASIC 09:05 Controlling a paper tape punch 11:11 Sphere Print Shop 12:59 Wrap up My book about Sphere: https://gocomputernow.com For more info, resources, contact, and book project. https://sphere.computer I gave a talk on Sphere history (more history/company, less demo) at the VCF West in 2022: • VCF West: Sphere 1: The First Modern Micro... More info about the SPHERE MEM/6 MODULE: https://sphere.computer/shop Sphere port of GRT's G/2 Microsoft 6800 BASIC with loader, cassette image and technical info: https://sphere.computer/resources David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games, 1978 edition as shown: https://archive.org/details/basic-com... Semi-related, I gave a talk recently through the San Francisco Letterform Archive about the history of computer (and bitmap) typography: • A Byte Sized History of Computer Typograph...

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