To Be Held in the San Frmcfieo

100 Conference ~essions Publication of Ptoceedings Being Planned

200 Commercial & Bomebrew Exhibits

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To Be Held in the San Frmcfieo

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Auditorium. Northern California's Largest Convention F d t y

Being Planned

Computer Graphics on Home Computers Software Daign for Personal Computers

Computer-Driven & Computer-Assisted Music Systems Microprogrammable Microprocessors for Hobbyists Speech Synthesis Using Home Computers Optical Scanning for Inexpensive Program & Data Input Computers & Amateur Radio Floppy Disc Systems for Home Computers

Computer Games: Alphanumeric & Graphic Hardware & Software Standards for Personal Systems Personal Computers for the Physically Handicapped Seminars for Club Leaders, Editors. Organizers, etc.

Computers & Systems for Small Businesses Personal Computers in Education (associated with a Tutorials for Hardware Novices & Software No'vices University of California shortcourse)

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Fascinating Speakers will Discuss the Past, Present, & Future

Banquets to be Held in San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel

Frederik Pohl, Science Fiction Writer, & Lecturer to Henry Tropp, Srnithsonian Institution Researcher in NASA, NY Academy of Science, etc. History of Computers, & Mathematician Robots You Cbn Make for Fun & Projit The 1940's: The FIRST Personal Computing Em lohn Whitney, Pioneer Computer Film Maker under Ted Nelson, Author, Director of the Xanadu Electronic

grants from Natl Endow. for Arts, Guggenheim, IBM Literary Network, & Swarthmore College Lecturer Digital Pyrotechnics: The \Computer in Visual Arts Those Unforgettable Next lkro Years

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MAILING or money order.

$7 Special, Homebrew CC Pre- Reg. admission fee is enclosed.

ADDRESS

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AGE RANGE IF IN X H O O L SCHOOLING COMPLETED 1 Under 15 38.0 Grades 1

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8 680 High School

2 0 15

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18 390 High School 6 9 0 A A . (Jr. College) 3 0 19

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^{25 400} Technical School 700 Bachelor's 4 0 26

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³⁵ 41 0 Junior College 71 0 Master's 5 0 36

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⁴⁵ 420 Undergrad, 4-year 720 Doctorate 6 0 45

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65 430 Graduate School 730 Ph.D.

7 n Over 66 1140 Pre-Master's 7 4 0 M .D.

480 PrePh.D. 750 D. Ed.

460 Post Doctorate 760 Other LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT AND INTEREST

8 0 Total novice, newly interested in personal computers 9 0 Computer hobbyist, only (with or without equipment) 100 Both a mmputer hobbyist, and a computer professional 1 I 0 Currently only a mmputer professional

Equipment you

own

or are

pinning

to purchase immediately.

MEMORY CPll TERMINAL

A

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^{K bytes RAM 470 8080 770 ASR 33}

B -' K bytes ROM 480 8008 780 KSR 33

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^{K bytes EPROM 490 240} 780 Baudot T T Y

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^K bytes PROM 500 6800 8 0 0 Other TTY E

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^K bytes CORE 51 0 6502 81 0 TVT-2

12 Other: 520 SClMP 8 2 0 Polymorphic VDM 530 PACE 830 ADM-3

540 2650 8 4 0 SWT CT1024 550 F a 850 PT VDM-1 560 COSMAC 8 6 0 Office Selectric MASG SK)RAOE 1 7 0 6100 8 7 0 110 Selectric 130 Phillips Camtte Tape 580 LSI-11 88 Other:

I 4 0 "Byte Standard" 590 PDPa 1 5 0 Tarbell BOO PDP-11 16 Other: 610 BIPOLAR

620 TTL 89D Have hardcopy (Homebrew) 900 Uppercase only 63 Other: 91 0 Have softcopy

17d 3M Cassette 920 Uppercase only

180 Floppy disc 930 Homebrewed

190 iCOM 640 MlTS

200 Pertec 6lO lMSAt67 Other mass storage:

21 0 Diablo66O PerSci 220 Shugart mini 230 Shugart standard 24 Other:

SOFIWARE & FIRMWARE YOU USE ON YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER

Source &Nome

250 Assembler 260 with macros 2 7 0 Editor

280 char.-oriented 290 line-oriented 300 Debugger 31 0 BASIC

320 includes float. p t 330 String processor 34 Other interpreters 35 Other compilers 36 Monitors 37 Operating systems

COMPUTER & ELECTRONICS PUBLICATIONS YOU RECEIVE 940

Byte

^{1 370} Dr.

Do

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Journal

950

Interface Age

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People's Computer Co.

960

SCCS Interface

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Creative Computing

970

Personal Computing

1400 (I EEE CS)

Computer

980

Kilobaud

141 0

Communications of the ACM

990

Minicomputer News

1420

Popular Electronics

1000

Computerworld

1430

Radio-Electronics

I01 0

Computer Design

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QST

1020

Datamation

1450

Ham Radio

1030

Mini-Micro Systems

1460

73

1040

Computer Decin'ons

1050 Others:

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EMPLOYMENT

1060 Idle rich, full-time student, or unemployed 1070 Work with computers

1080 Maxi's 1090 Mini's 1100 Micro's I 11 0 Management

I1 2 0 Marketing I f you recommend or specify I 1 3 0 Programming computer-related purchasing,

what is the approximate 1140 Engineer yearly dollar volume?

1 150 Programmer 1160 Technician

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11 70 Work in non-computer digital electronics 1180 Work in nondigitai electronics

1190 Radio 1200 T V 121 0 Telecommunications 122 Other:

1230 Work in non-elecmnlc technical or scientific area 1-0 Work i n education

1250 CS or EE I280 Mathematics 1260 Other Engineering 1290 Statistics or O.R.

1270 Other Science 1300 Education I310 Work in Medicine or Biomedical area

How long have you considered yourself a computer

hobbyirf?

1320 Am a member of an amateur computer club 133 If so, which club?

134 Located where?

Other hobbies of current interest:

1350 Amateur radio ("ham"; not C.B.)CallQ H 136 Other: