Editing Homebrew Computer Club (section)

==Members==
[[File:John Draper, Lee Felsenstein, Roger Melen (2013).jpg|thumb|Club members [[John Draper]] ("Captain Crunch"), Lee Felsenstein, and [[Roger Melen]] ]]
Most of the members were hobbyists but had an [[electronic engineering]] or [[computer programming]] background.<ref name="GitmanMcDaniel2007">{{cite book|author1=Lawrence Gitman|author2=Carl McDaniel|title=The Future of Business: The Essentials|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vH5as4jR4skC&pg=PA139|date=23 March 2007|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-324-54279-0|pages=139–}}</ref> They came to the meetings to talk about the Altair 8800, to review other technical topics, and to exchange [[circuit diagram|schematics]] and programming tips.<ref name="Collins2009">{{cite book|author=Robert M. Collins|title=Transforming America: Politics and Culture During the Reagan Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PqqrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA104|date=22 August 2009|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12401-0|pages=104–}}</ref>

From the ranks of this club came the founders of many [[microcomputer]] companies, including [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]] ([[Apple Computer]]), [[Harry Garland]] and [[Roger Melen]] ([[Cromemco]]), Thomas "Todd" Fischer ([[IMSAI]] Division, Fischer-Freitas Company), [[George Morrow (computers)|George Morrow]] (Morrow Designs), [[Paul Terrell]] ([[Byte Shop]]), [[Adam Osborne]] ([[Osborne Computer Corporation|Osborne Computer]]), and Bob Marsh ([[Processor Technology]]). [[John Draper]] was a member of the club, as was [[Jerry Lawson (engineer)|Jerry Lawson]] (creator of the first cartridge-based video game system, [[Fairchild Channel F]]).<ref name="vcandg">[http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545 "Interview: Jerry Lawson, Black Video Game Pioneer"]. Vintage Computing and Gaming, February 24, 2009.</ref> 

[[Li-Chen Wang]], developer of Palo Alto Tiny Basic and graphics software for the [[Cromemco Dazzler]], was a club member, and [[Lee Felsenstein]] was moderator of the club meetings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bambi.net/bob/homebrew.html |title=Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member |last1=Lash |first1=Bob|access-date=May 6, 2013}}</ref>{{self-published source|date=March 2022}} Steve Inness was a primary designer of one of the early cell phone touch screens as well as a business partner with John Draper.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rhoads|first1=Chris|title=The Twilight Years of Cap'n Crunch|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116863379291775523|work=Wall Street Journal|date=January 13, 2007|archive-date=May 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527215733/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116863379291775523}} [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.culture.people.interesting-people/14191 Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Inness – Davis|url=https://localwiki.org/davis/Steve_Inness|website=Local Wiki|access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>{{unreliable source inline|date=March 2022}} [[Liza Loop]] was an early member and the first woman to join.<ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Mara |first=Margaret Pugh |author-link=Margaret O'Mara |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1057306457 |title=The Code : Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-399-56218-1 |location=New York |oclc=1057306457 |page=139}}</ref>

Others went on to other pursuits, such as [[Dan Werthimer]], who is a researcher in the [[search for extraterrestrial intelligence]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Benjamin|first= Marina |date= 2003 |title= Rocket Dreams: How the Space Age Shaped Our Vision of a World Beyond|publisher= Simon and Schuster|page= 156|isbn= 0743254171}}</ref>