                   6th International Computer Fair.

I was within a couple of hundred yards  of  Wembley  when  the  clouds
turned  dark.  At  50  yards  away the heavens opened and I was then a
little dismayed to see the size of the queue. Fortunately  however,  I
had  a  pre-paid  ticket  so walked past all the people getting really
wet.

Once  inside  I  was  initially disappointed as it didn't seem to have
very much in at a first glance. The length of time it took me  to  dig
up  Dave  and  Paul  on  the  Stunn!  stand  (yes, we were there) paid
testament to the fact that it was bigger than it  looked.  Apart  from
being  glad  to  see  the rest of the Stunn crew, I was also more than
grateful to scrounge a cup of coffee before setting  off  for  a  look
around.

After setting off around the hall, on Dave's advice, the first place I
visited  was  the  ever present Chicken Shit Software. The cheap disks
and tacky T-Shirts were flowing as ever, and I purchased a box  of  50
1.2MB  disks  at  what  seemed (and still does) like a ludicrously low
price. The asking price was 12.50, and it didn't  seem  difficult  to
get  discount.  As  well  as  being  cheap,  these  disks  are also of
comparable quality to the 3M ones I bought a while ago, with an RRP of
almost 9 for ten.

After Chicken Shit, I wandered around the hall for a  while  harassing
various  stall holders until I found one who would sell me an analogue
joystick for less than a tenner. I ended  up  with  a  nice  Quickshot
Warrior  5. Just the job for blasting those Kilrathi scum bags. All in
all, after about an hour and a half of wandering I ended  up  back  at
the Stunn! stall, chatting to Dave and Paul.

To  say that there was only and hour and a half worth of show would be
a little misleading. What there was though was a whole load of ST  and
Amiga  stuff. I didn't actually bother with this as I no longer own an
ST,  and  also  have no interest in the Amiga.  For an owner of one of
these 16 bit machines, there was probably a whole lot more to look at.
Looking back though, it was a  worthwhile  day  with  a  complimentary
ticket,  although I am not sure I would have paid the asking 6 to get
in as well as the 25 train fair to get to London.

                        Lee Bohan - July 1992.
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