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

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...