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Got any photos of inside computer stores from back in the day?

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computerdude92

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I would absolutely love to see some old pictures! It can be from any computing era, and be local mom & pop shops, Walmart, Costco, etc.

Videos on Youtube are also appreciated.
 
The Computer Junk Shop, Widnes, Cheshire, England. This was my shop of dreams as a teen in the 90's. The original shop got demolished 10 years or so ago - to make way for a bridge over the Mersey.

Incredibly, there seems to be a one-page website attached to a newer domain here:


As the pictures are tiny, you have to zoom the page to see some detail of inside the shop - looks like a load of CRT monitors but the shelves at the back had many treasures. I do remember getting an Apple II, TRS 80 of some sort and various valve-based oscilloscopes. Surprising as I'd have to cycle 16 miles to get there and back.

I fished this image out of google images too:


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I have attached a pic from a slideshow I have from the IBM Customer Center in Philadelphia, around 1981-82
 

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I would probably cry if I seen a picture of what BestBuy looked like in the 90's when I was there every week.
 
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