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Birth
Lee Felsenstein was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Begins College
Began college at the University of California, Berkley and joined the co-operative work-study program in Engineering shorty after. -
Free Speech Movement
Felsenstein participated in the Free Speech Movement, a long-lasting student protest under the leadership of a Berkley student. Felsenstein was one of the 768 people arrested in accordance with the Sprout Hill Sit In. -
Drops out of College
Dropped out of college while working as a junior engineer at the Ampex Corporation. He would work here for a total of 3 years. -
Graduates from Berkley
Felsenstein returns back to school at the University of California, Berkley and received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -
The Community Memory Project
Working alongside Efrem Lipkin, Ken Coldstad, Jude Mihon, and Mark Szpakowski, Felsenstein worked to create the first public computerized bulletin board system to attract regular use and facilitate community interaction. Felsenstein was in charge of creating the hardware (Watkins 2016). -
The Homebrew Community Club
Feisenstein was apart of the Silicon Valley-based computer hobbyist group that was developed in response to the Altair 8800 computer kit (Watkins 2016). He was a leader when it came to public speaking and was able to eloquently deliver information to large audiences which lead to spreading the hacker ethic. -
SOL-20
Bob Marsh appointed Felsenstein as the designer to create the SOL-20 in response to his work with the VDM-1. The SOL-20, known as the "first home computer" was the first fully assembled microcomputer with a terminal program in ROM (Hawkins 1978). -
Processor Technology Corporation
Along with Robert Marsh, Felsenstein worked as a design consultant and successfully developed the terminal system. This would be used with the Altair 8800 microcomputer. -
Osborne Computer Corporation
He becomes employed at the Osborne Computer Corp. as the designer of the Osborne 1. This was the first mass-produced portable computer. -
Interval Research Company
For eight years, Felsenstein was emloyed at Interval Research Company in Palo Alto, California where he worked on consumer product applications focusing on the Internet. -
Free Speech Movement Archives
Felsenstein founded the Free Speech Movement Archives which served as an online record including historical information of the1960's movement he took part in. -
Pemstar Pacific Consultants
Felsenstein worked here as as a design consultant for five years. He spent his time here perfecting his craft and expanding his knowledge on design. -
Open source to small villages
Partnering with the Jhai foundation in 2003, Felsenstein worked to bring open source computing systems to villages in underprivileged countries. -
Computer History Museum
Felsenstein was honored in 2016 at the Computer History Museum for his influence in the world of technology and computing (Computer History Museum 1).
