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The Homebrew Computer Club was an early computer hobbyist group in Silicon Valley which met from March 5, 1975 to December 1986, and was depicted in the films ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' (1999) and ''Jobs'' (2013), as well as the PBS documentary series, ''Triumph of the Nerds'' (1996). Several very high-profile hackers and computer entrepreneurs emerged from its ranks, including the founders of Apple Inc. The open exchange of ideas that went on at its biweekly meetings, and the club newsletter, helped launch the personal computer revolution. The Homebrew Computer Club has been called "the crucible for an entire industry." ==History== The Homebrew Computer Club was an informal group of electronic enthusiasts and technically minded hobbyists who gathered to trade parts, circuits, and information pertaining to DIY construction of computing devices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Homebrew And How The Apple Came To Be )〕 It was started by Gordon French and Fred Moore who met at the Community Computer Center in Menlo Park. They both were interested in maintaining a regular, open forum for people to get together to work on making computers more accessible to everyone.〔John Markoff, ''What the Dormouse Said'' (ISBN 0-670-03382-0)〕 The first meeting was held in March 1975 in French's garage in Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California, on the occasion of the arrival in the area of the first MITS Altair microcomputer, a unit sent for review by People's Computer Company. Steve Wozniak credits that first meeting with inspiring him to design the Apple I. Subsequent meetings were held at an auditorium at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. After the more-or-less "formal" meetings the participants often reconvened for an informal, late night "swap meet" in the parking lot of the Safeway store down the road, as SLAC campus rules prohibited such activity on campus property. Others would convene at (The Oasis ),〔personal anectdote by Thomas "Todd" Fischer (IMSAI Division, Fischer-Freitas Company)〕 a bar and grill on El Camino Real in nearby Menlo Park, recalled years later by a member as "Homebrew's other staging area".〔(Balin, Fred. "Homebrew's 26th Birthday Commemoration." Email dated March 20, 2001 )〕 The 1999 made-for-television movie ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' (and the book on which it is based, ''Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer'') describes the role the Homebrew Computer Club played in creating the first personal computers, although the movie took the liberty of placing the meeting in Berkeley and misrepresented the meeting process. Many of the original members of the Homebrew Computer Club continue to meet (), having formed the 6800 Club, named after the Motorola (now Freescale) 6800 microprocessor. Occasionally and variously renamed after the release of the 6800, 6809, and other microprocessors, the group continues to meet monthly in Cupertino, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homebrew Computer Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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