Supremetronic Redux

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Tue Sep 4 15:31:31 UTC 2012


D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> I was thrilled and amazed by the first computer store I remember in
> Toronto (1975).  I forget it's name, but it was in a house on
> Gloucester (parallel to Wellesley, a few streets north) between Yonge
> and Church. They sold these cute Poly 88 computers and lots of other
> things

I bought my IMSAI 8080 from them (Computer Master?).  There was another 
store on the north side of Queen, west of Simcoe that favoured Altair.

> Remember Exceltronics?  A big hole when they disappeared.
Yep.


> | BTW, anyone here remember TRACE (Toronto Region Association of Computer
> | Enthusiasts)?
>
> I never went to a meeting, but I saw a few traces of them (eg.
> newsletters).

The used to meet at Humber College, but, IIRC, they also had some 
meetings in the Ontario Science Centre.

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