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If you are outside southwestern British Columbia, Canada, please ignore this 
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For those of you still reading:

	  B.C.'s original and best (*see below) computer event, 
	     the PACIFIC COAST COMPUTER FAIR AND SWAP MEET 
		     is back for its 15th year!

Time and date:	Saturday, 15 Oct, 10am to 4pm
Location:	McPherson Centre, 7325 MacPherson, Burnaby
		(near Metrotown, south of Kingsway and east of Royal Oak)
Admission:	Only $3.00 ($2.00 for children and seniors)
		(Compare that to other computer shows!)

The swap meet portion of the Fair will consist of 40 to 50 vendors with a total
of 70 to 80 tables.  Vendors will be selling new and used computer equipment,
ranging from the latest technology to "I remember when..." technology.  On the 
software side, there will be shareware, CD-ROMs, and assorted applications 
and games for various makes of computers.  With about ten days to go, it looks 
like we have a shot at beating our previous record for the number of vendors.

Several local computer user groups will also be putting on displays.  These
can be a great source of (mostly) unbiased information. (Of course, if no
salescritter has ever lied to you, you probably won't need this :-))
We also hope that the local SIGGRAPH chapter will be there with videos of
the latest in computer graphics.  

The Fair is run by the Pacific Coast Computer Fair Association, a non-profit
society of volunteers drawn from the local personal computing community. 
It is in no way associated with the commercially-run computer swap meets being
operated in British Columbia.  In particular, we have no connection to 
Computer Fest, the organizers of which chose to schedule their event on the
same weekend we've been using for years.  

Remember, we only run a single Fair each year, so if you miss this one you'll 
have to wait a whole twelve months!

If you are looking to sell some computer-related items, there MAY still be a
couple of vendor tables left.  The rental charge is $50 per table.  You can
reserve a vendor table by calling (604) 420-3286.

* You may not believe me, but this is what I have been told by a number of 
  people I met outside somebody else's computer swap meet last month.