A number of us here, I'm sure, have used Sphere's web site (located in Kamloops BC) for either finding odd test gear or parts to fix same. Or nixie tubes and other odds and ends... https://www.sphere.bc.ca/ Unfortunately the owner (Walter Shawlee II) has to shut the site down and liquidate all inventory due to illness - a sad day indeed! So if you have a big truck, I suggest driving to Kamloops and make an offer! John:-#(# -- (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup) John's Jukes Ltd. #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3 (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) www.flippers.com "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."
Sphere Research Corporation (BC) going out of business.
Started by ●August 13, 2023
Reply by ●August 13, 20232023-08-13
On 8/13/2023 2:44 PM, John Robertson wrote:> A number of us here, I'm sure, have used Sphere's web site (located in Kamloops > BC) for either finding odd test gear or parts to fix same. Or nixie tubes and > other odds and ends... > > https://www.sphere.bc.ca/ > > Unfortunately the owner (Walter Shawlee II) has to shut the site down and > liquidate all inventory due to illness - a sad day indeed! > > So if you have a big truck, I suggest driving to Kamloops and make an offer!It's rarely the lack of a big truck, sufficient funds, etc. that discourages such acquisitions. In a more practical sense, it's having a place to store the stuff and time to sort through it all (unless you just want to dump it in an unheated space and let folks pick through it -- in person or virtually) [I periodically fill the SUV to the headliner for a few dollars and spend the next two weeks trying to sort through everything to determine how *little* I would want to devote time and space to retaining! (it's been several weeks since my last such "acquisition" and I'm still not done sorting and evaluating!) Then, reload the SUV and haul the discards off for recycling...]
Reply by ●January 4, 20242024-01-04
On Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 2:44:47 PM UTC-7, John Robertson wrote:> A number of us here, I'm sure, have used Sphere's web site (located in > Kamloops BC) for either finding odd test gear or parts to fix same. Or > nixie tubes and other odds and ends... > > https://www.sphere.bc.ca/ > > Unfortunately the owner (Walter Shawlee II) has to shut the site down > and liquidate all inventory due to illness - a sad day indeed! > > So if you have a big truck, I suggest driving to Kamloops and make an offer! > > John:-#(# > > -- > (Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup) > John's Jukes Ltd. > #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3 > (604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games) > www.flippers.com > "Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."Hi all - Walter's daughter, Rose, here. Sphere is still up and running and, as noted, liquidation remains the goal, particularly now that dad has passed. If you're interested in anything, have a look at the Sphere Research websites, new and old: https://www.sphere.bc.ca/ https://www.sphere.bc.ca/oldsite/index.html or email Susan Shawlee at susan@okanagan.net Thank you for spreading the word!
