Title
People and computersCatalog Number
102706796Type
AudioDescription
The West Coast Computer Faire was an annual computer industry conference and exposition. The first fair was held in 1977 and was organized by Jim Warren and Bob Relling. At the time, it was the biggest computer show in the world, intended to popularize the peronal computer in the home.This first fair took place on April 16-17, 1977, in San Francisco Civic Auditorium and Brooks Hall, and saw the debut of the Commodre PET, presented by Chuck Peddle, and the Apple II, presented by then 21-year-old Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. There were about 180 exhibitors, among them Intel, MITS, and Digitial Research. More than 12,000 people visited the fair.
List of papers presented during this session:
Andrew Clement, "If "small is beautiful," is micro marvelous? A look at the micro-computing as if people mattered"
Dennis L. Van Tassel, "The computer science fiction"
Date
1977-04Credits
Clement, AndrewPublisher
Butterfly Media DimensionsPlace of Publication
San Francisco, CAIdentifying Numbers
| Other number | camvchm_000018_t01 | CAVPP ID |
| Other number | Tape #4A |
Format
Standard audio cassetteSeries Title
The First West Coast Computer FaireCredit
Gift of Jim WarrenLot Number
X2595.2004
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