----- Original Message ----- From: "Tarquin Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 5:21 PM Subject: Re: ORSAM Show...
> People seem to backing out at the last minute, what they do not > seem to appreciate is that I spent a 3 figure some on this show, > not 75p and a pack of rolos. I am not cancelling the show at this > late stage. Over the last few day I have only just realised that > this is the SAM Coupe and ZX Spectrums last chance in the UK, if this > show fails there will be no more shows and these computers will be dead. > Sinclair QL magazines, QL Today and Quanta, only have 300 readers world > wide, yet they can manage to have 5+ successful shows in the UK each > year. While AlchNews has 600+ readers plus there is PD Power and > ZX Digest etc, and the internet based speccy users and the whole SAM > community in addition. So why when 10000 speccy games are rented at > 50p for 3 days each week in the UK, can we not hold a show? The silence > from Alchemist Research is deafening. Alchnews has been quiet for ages - since Andy Davis moved over towards Bolton actually :( When was the last time an issue came out? > Shows allow people to meet and conceive new projects (free and > commercial). It show cases new technology (we have moved on from 1993) > and allows reunions of old friends. When people are coming from the > continent, why are people from the shows back yard getting cool feet? I'm going to try and make it - but it's going to be a bugger to get to :( > I can give free over night accommodation, and after the show there is > a big beer festival by CAMRA, which can be visited. The website has had > over 1200 hits in it's short existence with the number rising fast. > Manchester has a direct train to Norwich and back which my family has > used. I know some journeys take effort but you cannot get a Porsche for > the price of Ford. A lodger of mine travelled to Wales and back every > two weeks. People seem to be playing some kind of chicken thing, I will > go if you do. People are talking about next year, but there will not be > a next year at this rate. > There is still a regular ZX81 show in Germany, congratulations ZX-TEAM, > are we really saying that we are deader than a computer that has no sound, > no colour, virtually no graphics and has the poorest keyboard out? Did I > mention the wobbly RAM pack? That was the Spectrum as well :) > I created this show because I believe in retro computers, and have just > collected a commercially made sign for the show. Hope to see you there, > hope my straight talking has not offended anyone, it is not just a > response to the above email but also Sintech not coming. Sintech changing mind? That's last minute! > > -- > Tarquin Mills > > Norwich Spectrum and SAM Show (ORSAM 2003) > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/speccyverse/orsam.htm David L (5th NSSS)
