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Lissy1988

Lissy1988

Lissy1988

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Hello there, does anyone know where I can find out what computer fairs are on in the UK, I’ve tried googling but not come up with much.

Thank you
 
First link in Google for me. Not sure it's allowed to be linked to or not.

But also Facebook marketplace and eBay have taken over them sadly.
 
When I was younger going to the computer fair in Bristol felt like a magical time. Everything and anything you could want for you PC and begging my uncle to buy me a VooDoo AGP or whatever neon lights they had up flashing.

Fast forward 15 years and I went to a computer fair and what a miserable experience it was didn't help that everything could be found online for cheaper than they had it. Shame as it used to be a highlight for me but times have moved on
 
Junglist said:
When I was younger going to the computer fair in Bristol felt like a magical time. Everything and anything you could want for you PC and begging my uncle to buy me a VooDoo AGP or whatever neon lights they had up flashing.

Fast forward 15 years and I went to a computer fair and what a miserable experience it was didn't help that everything could be found online for cheaper than they had it. Shame as it used to be a highlight for me but times have moved on
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Can you remember those bubble cases?

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uvarvu said:
I used to love going to the ones near Tottenham Court Road back in the day, didn't really buy much from them though!
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Likewise, mainly because the stalls were full of ancient tat, last year’s mid range components at high prices and current components at 15-20% over what Yo-Yo Tech five minutes walk away we’re selling the same items for.
 
Went to Trafford Park (Bowlers) back in the day. Way out of fashion today, then it was more hobbyists and recycled stuff, none very cheap. I once bought a hard disk proved to be not working when I got home.
 
Lissy1988 said:
Hello there, does anyone know where I can find out what computer fairs are on in the UK, I’ve tried googling but not come up with much.

Thank you
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Wow I remembered first time I went to computer fair called Northern Computer Markets while on holiday in Blackpool with my dad back in 1996. I found out Northern Computer Markets only covered England but not Scotland. Later I found out Scotland had computer fairs called Scottish Computer Fair, went to event in SECC in Glasgow every few months but a few years later around 2000 Scottish Computer Fair was no longer offered events. Same thing happened to Northern Computer Markets too.

I found there is new computer fair called Premier Computer Fairs that covered England.

www.premiercomputerfairs.co.uk

Premier Computer Fairs

The official Premier Computer Fairs website, providing the latest dates for all UK Computer Fairs events including Wolverhampton Racecourse, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Swindon, Liverpool, Swansea, Bangor, Croydon, Wrexham, Coventry, Stoke and Bristol Computer Fairs as well as the latest ne
www.premiercomputerfairs.co.uk www.premiercomputerfairs.co.uk
 
Bouton Aide said:
Can you remember those bubble cases?

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One of these with three 30cm cold cathode tubes in your case was the gold standard of a gaming computer, and don't forget the 80mm LED fan in the side window of your case! :D

@Lissy1988, if you're actually a real person and not using your first post to try and get people to go to computer fairs, don't go, they're depressing places full of cheap tat and massively overpriced hardware.
 
Ian_Eb said:
As long as you left the PC alone and didn't try to run anything at all whilst it was writing! BURN Proof was a revelation when it appeared.
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Yea, I remember buying a 2x Philips CDD3610 for about £250 when it first came out.

My point was somewhat of a poor joke, as the writer would have been a 1x speed, at a guess, not a "no speed".
 
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