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    The West Coast Computer Faire was an annual computer industry conference and exposition most often associated with San Francisco, its first and most frequent...
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  • Vintage Faire Mall, a shopping mall in Modesto, California Virginia Brown Faire (1904–1980), American silent-film actress West Coast Computer Faire (1977–1989)...
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  • (disambiguation) West Coast Avengers, a Marvel Comics superhero team West Coast Computer Faire, a former computer industry conference West Coast Conference...
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    West Coast Computer Faire which, for a half-dozen years, was the largest public microcomputer convention in the world. He was its self-titled "Faire Chaircreature...
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    development of the computer. It was introduced by Jobs and Wozniak at the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire, and marks Apple's first launch of a computer aimed at...
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    by Cary Lu and Exploring the IBM PCjr Home Computer by Peter Norton in 1984 at the West Coast Computer Faire. The publisher has gone on to release books...
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    to the West Coast Computer Faire and the National Computer Conference in early 1981. The computer was widely imitated as several other computer companies...
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  • US$129.95.: 54  It made its first appearance at the eighth annual West Coast Computer Faire, held from March 18 to March 20, 1983. It was released to retailers...
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    to the last West Coast Computer Faire Freiberger, Paul; Swaine, Michael (2000). Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer. New York, NY:...
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  • systems. By the mid-1980s, the company had an exhibit at the 1985 West Coast Computer Faire along with IBM and AT&T. Bruce Webster reported that "the legend...
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    1976. The two Steves presented the Apple II computer to the public at the first West Coast Computer Faire on April 16 and 17, 1977. On the first day of...
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    Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution Hobby Computer Club Kilobaud Microcomputing West Coast Computer Faire McCracken, Harry (November 12, 2013). "For...
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    designed by Wozniak, was introduced on April 16, 1977, at the first West Coast Computer Faire. It differs from its major rivals, the TRS-80 and Commodore PET...
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    introduced the Apple II at the West Coast Computer Faire. It is the first consumer product to have been sold by Apple Computer. Primarily designed by Wozniak...
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  • program at the second West Coast Computer Faire in the spring of 1978. Allan, R.A. (2001). A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology...
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  • received the Creative Computing Game of the Year Award at the 1980 West Coast Computer Faire. BYTE in 1981 called Decathlon "a great party game" and "a remarkable...
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  • work, and also joins Apple. The Apple II is released at the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire where it is a remarkable success. Apple's success eventually causes...
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    Build (2013–2016) VMworld (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012–2015, 2019) West Coast Computer Faire (1984–1991) WonderCon (2003–2011) Intel Developer Forum (2002–2016)...
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  • microcomputers. The SoftCard was first demonstrated publicly at the West Coast Computer Faire in March 1980. It was an immediate success; 5,000 cards, a large...
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  • Dragon. No. 126. pp. 82–88. Pournelle, Jerry (August 1985). "The West Coast Computer Faire". BYTE. pp. 293–326. Retrieved November 5, 2023. Pournelle, Jerry...
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    XTree 1.0 was officially introduced on April 1, 1985, at the West Coast Computer Faire and sold for $39.95. Work had begun on XTree in December 1984...
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  • on the board of directors of the Computer Game Developers Conference. Westfall met Jon at the West Coast Computer Faire in 1980 while demonstrating her...
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  • the West Coast Computer Faire in April 1977 and became available for sale in June. One of the most common customer complaints about the computer was BASIC's...
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  •  263–278. Retrieved 2013-10-23. Pournelle, Jerry (August 1985). "The West Coast Computer Faire". Byte. pp. 293–326. Retrieved 2023-11-05. Bridger, Mark (February...
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  • Software with his girlfriend. Volkswriter debuted at the spring 1982 West Coast Computer Faire and, as Plainwriter, in a small listing in the first issue of...
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  • Leads an Invasion of the Pros". Computer Gaming World. p. 17. Pournelle, Jerry (August 1985). "The West Coast Computer Faire". BYTE. pp. 293–326. Retrieved...
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    another computer", they decided to go with eight slots. Jobs and Wozniak introduced the Apple II at the April 1977 West Coast Computer Faire. Wozniak's...
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  • he and Lyon would write the first version of Computer Bismarck on a North Star computer, Apple Computer executive Trip Hawkins, who would later found...
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  • Computer Gaming World (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the...
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  • higher depending on the configuration. The computer was previously previewed at the 6th West Coast Computer Faire in June 1981, where Marlin Ouverson, editor...
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