I was offered a table for free so I tried to persuade more people to spend time and money on our favourite computers ZX80 and ZX81.
Most exhibitors were selling stuff, and some were just showing off their pets. About 300 persons paid to enter the fair, which is quite good considering the schools are on winter vacation and salary payouts are due next week. Not the perfect weekend of choice
Despite this I saw lots of stuff change owners, with many smiling purchasers carrying too heavy things in their arms. Prices were varying, with some real bargains and some very high prices as well. Quite a lot of really nice and unusual HW and SW was available, the breadth was much more than I expected. I even had to search the net for some things I'd never seen before!
My mission was to engage and talk to people about what HW-mods are DIY-possible, what new HW is available to purchase online, what new/old SW is available and what programming can be done on the Zeddy. There were some raised eyebrows about the capabilities of the ZX81
There usually comes an image report from the organizers after a while, so I'll link to that later. For now I'll insert a picture of my table.
