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Note : Audience questions are inaudible. Content ends abruptly. Call Number : 102706815; 102706816 Description : The West Coast Computer Faire was an annual computer industry conference and exposition. The first fair was held in 1977 and was organized by Jim Warren and Bob Relling. At the time, it was the biggest computer show in the world, intended to popularize the peronal computer in the home. This first fair took place on April 16-17, 1977, in San Francisco Civic Auditorium and Brooks Hall, and saw the debut of the Commodre PET, presented by Chuck Peddle, and the Apple II, presented by then 21-year-old Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. There were about 180 exhibitors, among them Intel, MITS, and Digitial Research. More than 12,000 people visited the fair. Papers presented during this session: Lee Felsenstein, "Community memory - a "soft" computer system" David Caulkins, "Design considerations for a hobbyis computer network" Mike Wilbur, "A network of community information exchanges: issues and problems" Digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP) .