On 07/14/2017 11:24 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 07/14/2017 09:00 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
Hmmm, I really don't remember any such thing. I suspect that some
independent computer store chain got an OK to have a big Xerox logo out
on the front. That would be quite believable. Some time in the early
80's there were computer stores popping up overnight like mushrooms, and
disappearing just about as fast.
Nope--they were real. I recall that the one I visited wasn't that far
from the Moore Business Products store.
OK, I was living in the St. Louis area, and I don't remember
any Xerox stores here. I knew a lot of the people who owned
computer stores here around that time. I was the president
and sort-of founder of our local computer club, so I knew
most of the people involved with retail computer stuff from
about 1976 to at least 1985.
But, of course, there was a LOT more activity in certain
areas than my own backwater.
Jon
