spear@ihuxm.UUCP (Steven Spearman) (05/14/84)
I thought some of you in areas which will have a Byte computer show soon might be interested in an opinion on the one held recently in Chicago. As advertised, it was a 'hands-on' show, i.e. a selling show primarily. There were a few exceptions - one good point was a booth sponsored by Apple which had a Apple 2c among others. The show was kind of small. Not very much there unless you were in the market for some micro accessories and wanted a big market with lots of vendors in one place (and were willing to pay for the privilege). I spend less than 1 hour there. The thing that really got me heated up didn't occur until leaving. They SEARCHED everyone's bags on the way out and made you produce a receipt for any merchandise. The motivation for this is obvious but I thought it was unprofessional and offensive and I was really burned up about it. All in all, I was disappointed - I had higher expectations even considering this is the first year. -- Steve Spearman ihnp4!ihuxm!spear