12 Aug
2007
12 Aug
'07
3:52 p.m.
On 8/9/07, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
Secondly, there is
"was"
an existing UK retrocomputing event, although
it's
not that regular.
It's deceased. It is an ex-event. It is pining for the fjords.
From (fairly distant) memory, the guy who ran it did so
once (2004)
and the stalls were all done as free or very cheap to get exhibitors.
It went very well. Come 2005, the stalls started costing, and a
significant number of the stallholders failed to pay up. The organiser
got (understandably) pissed off, and cancelled the 2006 one. I haven't
heard any mention of there being a 2007 one.
I was at one of these - I don't remember now if it
was '04 or '05. It
was good fun. Strong games emphasis, which is of little interest to
me, but a vast amount of fascinating hardware - all manner of 1980s
exotica and obscurities, plus stuff from the '50s, '60s and '70s. For
instance, as a child of the (computing) 1980s, I punched my first ever
punch card and I handled some core store for the first time in my
life. Several list members were there exhibiting.
I was at both, and enjoyed them immensely. I'd like to see them return
if any of the list members fancies it? ;)
Oh, and btw - count me in. Yorkshire.
Ed.