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Road to Sphere #2: Q1 and Micral
July 15, 2025
Brief histories of the Q1 computer from Long Island, New York, and the Micral computer from France!
Go Computer Now! ..and The Road to Sphere #1
June 13, 2025
Quick book update and the stories of Kenbak and Datapoint.
Halt and Catch Fire!
April 4, 2025
Or: How a Sphere computer goes out to lunch
The Book, and a Floppy Disk Controller for Sphere
March 22, 2025
The Sphere history book manuscript is nearly done. A preorder campaign is coming soon!
The Visual Language of Sphere Corporation
March 6, 2024
Exploring the visual identity of Sphere Corporation in the 1970s, from branding to hardware, and its uncanny typographic connection to the Altair.
BASIC Was the People’s Language
January 28, 2024
An update on the 1970s Sphere computer history work, including an essay on BASIC and a technical dive into Microsoft BASIC on Sphere.
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