No Faire for Timex

Fifty thousand people agreed that the 8th West Coast Computer Faire, held in San Francisco From March 18 to March 20, was fantastic. It boasted 500 different exhibitors ranging from the small single-booth entrepreneur selling tapes and books to the “big guns” like Apple, Commodore and I.B.M. No, we didn’t forget to mention Timex, they just didn’t bother showing up. We don’t know why they weren’t there, but a lot of Timex Sinclair owners were awfully disappointed with Timex’s apparent lack of interest and support.

On a brighter note, Jim Warren, known as the Faire Chair, was delighted with the great turnout. You would be too, I’m sure, with 50,000 in attendance at $15 a head, which, to be fair, did let you in for all three days.

For those looking to learn, there were seminars, lectures, workshops and interest groups. The business person could shell out an extra $125 to hear Arnold Roberts talk for five hours on “How to Select a Business Computer.” Others, for free, listened to, worked at, and struggled through such sessions as “Venture Financing for New High Tech Companies”, “LOGO & Kids”, “Word Processing”, and “The Esoterics of Computer Games.” For those yearning for fun, there were video games in abundance . . . and all free.

Next year they’ll do it all over again. Same place, same time, but hopefully better weather. The 9th West Coast Computer Faire, which takes place March 23 to 25, 1984, is still looking for speakers. If you have a talk you know people are waiting to hear, call or write:

Computer Faire
345 Swett Road
Woodside CA 94062
(415) 851-7077

The deadline is November 30th, 1983. We’ll see you at the Faire!