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All images and video clips herein are Copyright ©
1999 James Willing
except in the case of representations of informational,
marketing, or promotional material where copyright remains with the original
holder.
All images on this page were shot in March of 1983 during the 8th West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco
This was the final WCCF that I attended; as following this year's event the Faire was sold to a new management company, and (to me at least) lost much of the personality that had made this event, and the seven before it so meaningful.
See how many of the companies represented in these images you recognize, how many you don't, and how many are not in business anymore...
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| Adventure International | The 'Homebrain' Alarm system | Analytical Engineering | Apple Computer |
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| Atari | AvantGarde Software | Broderbund Software | Central Point Software |
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| Colby Computers | CompuPro | Dasoft Design Automation | Davong Systems |
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| DrDobbs Journal | Jade Computer Products | Jim Warren - Producer of the WCCF | JRT Software |
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| The LoBucks aisle... | ...small company booths | Microbuffer | MicroPro Software |
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| Morrow Computers | Mouser Electronics | OASIS Software | Sierra OnLine Software |
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| Orange Micro | PC World Magazine | Perfect Software | Persyst |
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| Popular Computing Magazine | Priority One Electronics | Quest Computers | Radio Shack |
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| SemiDisk Systems | Sorcim Superware | Syscom (Apple clones) | TG Products |
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| Texas Instruments | Advertising Robot (working for Texas Instruments) | US Micro | Vector |
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