The first meeting of the legendary
Homebrew Computer Club was held in
Silicon Valley. Its first meeting in March
1975 was held in one of its members' garage in
Menlo Park in
Santa Clara County. The Homebrew members were hobbyists, but most of them had an
electronic engineering or
programming background. They came to the meetings to talk about the
Altair and other technical topics, and to exchange schematics and programming tips. From its ranks came the founders of many
microcomputer companies - for example
Bob Marsh[?],
Adam Osborne, or
Steve Jobs and
Steve Wozniak—the famous
Apple founders.
Soon after this first homebrew computer club, other hobby compluter clubs emerged located all over the world.
In the Netherlands a homebrew computer club emerged with members meeting near the town of Utrecht. The HCC (Hobby Computer Club) as it is called still exists, has tens of thousands of members and publishes a magazine.
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