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Derek Tweedie posted 09-10-2001 12:51 AM GMT
This is a blast from the past. I was reading my Zzap an article on games piracy by Gazza, who comdemed it of course, well a few weeks later my friend and I went to the 9th Commodore show in London. I met Gazza Penn who had this suspicious looking carrier bag by his side. Well my mate who was a bit of a Kleptomaniac decided to have a look in the bag and rob its contents!! Well he managed to grab a few disks out of the bag and to our amazement they were all pirate copies (complete with hacker intros! well indeed!
We went on to meet Jeff Minter (still got the picture!) who had about 5 watches on one arm for some reason, whom I gave a light for his fag, he just stopped me as I walked by and said "scuse me mate, you got a light??" well I was so taken aback. But it made a good picture - even thought it was taken on one of those crappy disc cameras!
I went on to purchase (no rob!) my first modem too a 300/300 or 1200/75 commodore modem complete with a years subscription to cnet!! I had some MASSIVE phone bills due to that thing! ahh the cnet demo! who remembers that one
Mort posted 09-10-2001 11:52 AM GMT
I remember the old shows! The one thing I liked is you could meet all the ZZap lads, get signed issues (issue 16 of mine is signed by Julian Rignall). Loads of freebies (posters, games and many a badge). And leaving with half a wardrobe full of software for about �50 :-)
Oh they were the days

Derek Tweedie posted 09-10-2001 04:12 PM GMT
Yes all those carrier bags full of goodies or crap depending on how you looked at it. A chance to meet the stars! well geeks that we admired. And it was so so busy. Been to a computer show recently and its not the same anymore. Lots of semi naked women and big buck stands!! bring back the old days when life was simple!! well maybe not!?
Derek Tweedie posted 09-10-2001 04:15 PM GMT
in my First post the bit that says (no rob! ) I ment to say (NOT) the modem cost me �55 (half price show offer only)
CraigG posted 10-10-2001 10:40 AM GMT
Heh -- I remember the Roland Bros on the Thalamus stand trying to flog me loads of stuff and showing me how to get past the fat green git on the Creatures demo! :)
Mayhem posted 10-10-2001 03:05 PM GMT
Hey, I remember that! Actually I managed to complete the demo on my second attempt or something like that. Nice guys... shame they didn't make it to BIT London...
Gribbly posted 26-11-2001 12:17 PM GMT
Yeah! I loved those fairs.
I've still got a signed Frey poster for a Thalamus game. Cool!
kev posted 28-11-2001 03:56 PM GMT
Most of the kids (including myself) would wander around the shows with those bleeding paper caps on our heads that were totally useless...
Gribbly posted 29-11-2001 03:15 PM GMT
My fondest memory was going on my usual hunt for freebies, when I came across the Commodore User stand. They had some free demo tapes and I went to pick some up. The guy stopped me in front of quite a few people and said, 'You can have them as long as you answer one question', I of course said fine. He then asked me, 'What's the greatest Commodore magazine?' I of course answered 'Zzap', grabbed my tapes and ran. Oh how I chuckled...

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Author	Topic: 9th Commodore Show
Derek Tweedie	posted 09-10-2001 12:51 AM GMT This is a blast from the past. I was reading my Zzap an article on games piracy by Gazza, who comdemed it of course, well a few weeks later my friend and I went to the 9th Commodore show in London. I met Gazza Penn who had this suspicious looking carrier bag by his side. Well my mate who was a bit of a Kleptomaniac decided to have a look in the bag and rob its contents!! Well he managed to grab a few disks out of the bag and to our amazement they were all pirate copies (complete with hacker intros! well indeed! We went on to meet Jeff Minter (still got the picture!) who had about 5 watches on one arm for some reason, whom I gave a light for his fag, he just stopped me as I walked by and said "scuse me mate, you got a light??" well I was so taken aback. But it made a good picture - even thought it was taken on one of those crappy disc cameras! I went on to purchase (no rob!) my first modem too a 300/300 or 1200/75 commodore modem complete with a years subscription to cnet!! I had some MASSIVE phone bills due to that thing! ahh the cnet demo! who remembers that one
Mort	posted 09-10-2001 11:52 AM GMT I remember the old shows! The one thing I liked is you could meet all the ZZap lads, get signed issues (issue 16 of mine is signed by Julian Rignall). Loads of freebies (posters, games and many a badge). And leaving with half a wardrobe full of software for about �50 :-) Oh they were the days
Derek Tweedie	posted 09-10-2001 04:12 PM GMT Yes all those carrier bags full of goodies or crap depending on how you looked at it. A chance to meet the stars! well geeks that we admired. And it was so so busy. Been to a computer show recently and its not the same anymore. Lots of semi naked women and big buck stands!! bring back the old days when life was simple!! well maybe not!?
Derek Tweedie	posted 09-10-2001 04:15 PM GMT in my First post the bit that says (no rob! ) I ment to say (NOT) the modem cost me �55 (half price show offer only)
CraigG	posted 10-10-2001 10:40 AM GMT Heh -- I remember the Roland Bros on the Thalamus stand trying to flog me loads of stuff and showing me how to get past the fat green git on the Creatures demo! :)
Mayhem	posted 10-10-2001 03:05 PM GMT Hey, I remember that! Actually I managed to complete the demo on my second attempt or something like that. Nice guys... shame they didn't make it to BIT London...
Gribbly	posted 26-11-2001 12:17 PM GMT Yeah! I loved those fairs. I've still got a signed Frey poster for a Thalamus game. Cool!
kev	posted 28-11-2001 03:56 PM GMT Most of the kids (including myself) would wander around the shows with those bleeding paper caps on our heads that were totally useless...
Gribbly	posted 29-11-2001 03:15 PM GMT My fondest memory was going on my usual hunt for freebies, when I came across the Commodore User stand. They had some free demo tapes and I went to pick some up. The guy stopped me in front of quite a few people and said, 'You can have them as long as you answer one question', I of course said fine. He then asked me, 'What's the greatest Commodore magazine?' I of course answered 'Zzap', grabbed my tapes and ran. Oh how I chuckled...