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A major one-day exhibition/fair
concentrating on the Sinclair
market will take place in the
centre of Birmingham on
September 11 th.
The venue is the Bingley
Hall Exhibition Centre, a few
minutes' walk from New
Street Station, Microscene is
set in the 8,500 square feet of
Princess Hall — big enough to
allow plenty of room for
exhibitors and public.
One of the organisers, Eric
Deeson, told us that bookings
had already been made by
most of the major companies
in the field as well as by many
of the smaller ones.
Microscene hope that Sinlair
Research will launch the
Spectrum Micro-drive at the
Birmingham show; certainly
by September there will be
plenty of new Spectrum
software for the public to
investigate.
Sinclair are, of course,
increasing their support of the
ZX81 in conjunction with
Timex. They intend to invite
Microscene exhibitors to
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present their wares to them at
a private viewing before the
public is admitted. This should
be of great interest to
software suppliers,
particularly those hoping to
make a major impact on the
North American market.
Birmingham is the centre of
Britain's second largest
conurbation and is within easy
travelling distance from the
West Country, Wales, Greater
Manchester and Yorkshire.
Microscene are planning full
advanced coverage of the
show in those areas, and have
already commenced
negotiations for group travel
with overseas organisations.
Visitors wishing to avoid
the queuing problem may
obtain tickets in advance at
£1.00 a head. Advance
copies of the Guide book also
cost £1.00 each. Tickets and
guide books ordered in this
way will be sent out at the
beginning of September.
Microscene is at 6
Battenhall Road, Harborne,
Birmingham B1 7 9UD.
A proliferation of computer shows — three in three weeks in London
meant thinner crowds, even though this picture of the ZX Micro fair in
Westminster Central Hall, taken the week after the Spectrum launch,
shows that interest is still high
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A prototype Martochoice
ZX81 Prestel Adaptor was
shown at the ZX Microfair,
and gained considerable
attention by keeping the
crowd informed as to the
latest events in the Falklands.
The prototype on display
was designed specifically for
the ZX81 in response to a
competition organized by
Telecom. Full two-way
communications using the
PRESTEL character set and
attributes are used. It is not
necessary to make any
modifications at all to the
ZX81. Although the
development work has yet to
be done, Martochoice say no
technical difficulties are
anticipated with respect to
providing facilities for the use
of the printer and the 1 6K
RAM pack. This means that if
you have 1 6K and a printer,
you should be able to hold
around 1 5 screens of Prestel.
More information on the
adaptor can be obtained by
writing (enclosing an s.a.e.l to
Martochoice Ltd., 10 Stanton
Close, Jersey Farm, St
Albans, Herts AL4 9HT.
ZX entrepreneur, Mike Johnson,
organiser of the ZX Microfairs.
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