West Coast Computer Faire Brochures, Forms
and Proceedings (from 1977-1978)
For the first Faire in 1977 (Jim Warren, producer)

The following is a collection of documents from the birth of the reknowned West Coast Computer Fair, held in the San Francisco bay area and other locations from 1977 through 1989. Know anythng more about the Faire? Contact us!

The Cover Sheet/Poster:
Come all Ye to The Faire!
(April 15-17, San Francisco Civic Auditorium)

Cover/Poster

Sign-up form and guidelines for exhibitors, speakers and bringers
of Home Brew systems (including subsidies for the poorer Home brewers!)

I Plan to Propose Giving a Talk (signup form)	Exhibit signup form (for Homebrewed systems)
Instructions for proposing to give a talk	Instructions for proposing a Homebrew exhibit (November 12, 1976)

Preliminary Annoucement, 1976, with a note to Peter Jennings from Jim Warren
about coming to show Microchess (then just released)

November 11, 1976 First call for participation

Guide to overall conference participation

Pages from the Proceedings of the 1977 and 1978 Faires (thanks Mark Goldstein)

1977 Faire Proceedings Materials

WCC Faire Proceedings 1977 Cover WCC Faire 1977 Proceedings Inside Cover WCC Faire 1977 Proceedings Preface by Jim Warren WCC Faire 1977 Proceedings TOC1 WCC Faire 1977 Proceedings TOC2 WCC Faire 1977 Proceedings TOC3 1978 Faire Proceedings Materials 1978 Faire Proceedings Cover 1978 Faire Proceedings TOC 1978 Faire Proceedings TOC (2) 1978 Faire Proceedings Preface by Jim Warren

Bibliographic references for the above and other Faire documents The First West Coast Computer Faire Conference Proceedings, April 15-17, 1977 in San Francisco, Jim C. Warren, Jr. Editor, ISBN: 0-930418-00-X The Second West Coast Computer Faire Conference Proceedings, March 3-5, 1978 in San Jose, Jim C. Warren, Jr. Editor, ISBN: 0-930418-01-X The Best of the Computer Faires Volume III: Conference Proceedings of the Third West Coast Computer Faire, November 3-5, 1978 in Los Angeles, Jim C. Warren, Jr., Editor, ISBN: 0-930418-02-X The Best of the Computer Faires Volume IV: Conference Proceedings of the Fourth West Coast Computer Faire, May 11-13, 1979 in San Francisco, Jim C. Warren, Jr., Editor, ISBN: 0-930418-03-X

Comments from DigiBarn online visitor Bill Mansfield

The First West Coast Computer Faire was held in 1977 and was covered in BYTE, July 1977, Volume 2, Number 7, pages 25-28. Interesting to note that our (RDC Enteprises) experimenter-oriented computer, housed in a magnificient oak rolltop desk was enveiled at this fair on April 16-17, 1977 and drew a constant crowd of fifty or more throughout the entire show. It was "before it's time" and is displayed on page 25 of the cited magazine, of which I have a pristine copy of for my own historical benefit.

See Also:

Wikipedia's entry on the West Coast Computer Faire

Article by David Ahl about the 1977 Faire from Creative Computing

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