Editing Homebrew Computer Club (section)

{{short description|Computer hobbyist users' group in California}}
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[[File:Gordon French (2013).jpg|thumb|[[Gordon French]], co-founder of the Homebrew Computer Club, photographed at the [[Living Computer Museum]] in 2013. He hosted the first meeting of the club in his garage, in March 1975.]]
The '''Homebrew Computer Club''' was an early computer hobbyist group in [[Menlo Park, California]], which met from March 1975 to December 1986. The club had an influential role in the development of the [[microcomputer revolution]] and the rise of that aspect of the [[Silicon Valley]] information technology industrial complex.

Several high-profile [[hacker culture|hackers]] and computer entrepreneurs emerged from its ranks, including [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Steve Wozniak]], the founders of [[Apple Computer]]. With its newsletter and monthly meetings promoting an open exchange of ideas, the club has been described as "the crucible for an entire industry" as it pertains to [[Personal computer|personal computing]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=McCracken|first=Harry|title=For One Night Only, Silicon Valley's Homebrew Computer Club Reconvenes|url=https://techland.time.com/2013/11/12/for-one-night-only-silicon-valleys-homebrew-computer-club-reconvenes/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=November 12, 2013|date=November 12, 2013|quote=…the open exchange of ideas that went on at its biweekly meetings did as much as anything to jumpstart the entire personal-computing revolution. It was the crucible for an entire industry.}}</ref>