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Happy Birthday Lee!
Born to the daughter of an engineer and a commercial artist, Lee grew up in the Strawberry Mansion area of Philadelphia. (Levy 154) -
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Lee Felsenstein Lifetime
You can find Lee on Patreon still alive and kicking, contributing to the space. -
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UC Berkeley
Initially unable to secure a scholarship for his Electrical Engineering degree, Lee would eventually drop out in 1967. (Levy 157, 159) -
Work Study at NASA's Flight Research Center
Given date is when Felsenstein was terminated from the position for failing to disclose information he was not privy to about his parent's communist associations. (Levy 158) -
Sproul Hall Sit In and Arrest
Lee was arrested at Berkeley's Sproul Hall while engaging in journalistic activism for the Free Speech Movement. (Levy 158) -
Berkeley Barb
Felsenstein joins as the "military editor", responsible for articles critiquing the formation and tactics of a demonstration. Aggressive and agitative to the point that it was said during the trial of the Oakland Seven that Lee should have been tried instead. -
Resource One and XDS-940
Resource One was a community organization to promote the demystification of technology and Lee was tapped to maintain the Hulking Giant system they were able to acquire. -
Founding of Community Memory
The first public computerized bulletin board system, Lee is identified as a founder. (Levy 153) -
Pennywhistle Modem
During his time at the Homebrew Computer Club, one of Lee's inventions was this device which cut costs for a modem from $4-600 to $109. (Levy 220) -
VDM-1
A major video display project Lee completed for Processor Technology, that would be widely copied. (Levy 242) -
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LGC Engineering
Short for Loving Grace Cybernetics, this is the company Lee founded as his consulting company while developing projects and moderating the Homebrew Computer Club -
Homebrew Computer Club Moderator
Lee was nominated by "Junk Man" Marty Spergel and became quite accomplished as the master of ceremonies (Levy 216) -
SOL
A progression of the spirit of Altair, the next step in bringing the microcomputer to the people. The first fully assembled microcomputer. (Levy 245) -
The First Computer Faire
Lee spoke about his Community Memory vision at this nationwide gathering of hackers. (Levy 273) -
Osborne 1
A cheap no-frills computer, small and portable. Designed solely by Felsenstein for John Osborne for a significant stake of an as-of-then unformed company (Levy 282)