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Lee Felsenstein was born on April 27th, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Felsentstein had first entered UC Berkeley in 1963.
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Between October and December, Felsenstein was a member of the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley. The Free Speech Movement, otherwise known as FSM, was an extensive student protest which took place during the 1964/1965 academic school year and voiced the Hacker Ethic.
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Felsenstein was arrested in the Sproul Hall Sit-In, among 768 other people during the Free Speech Movement
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Felsenstein dropped out of UC Berkely at the end of 1967
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Felsenstein began to write for the Berkeley Barb, one of the leading underground newspapers.
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When Felsenstein re-enrolled at Berkeley, he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 1972.
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Felsenstein was the engineer for the Community Memory project, which was one of the earliest attempts to place networked computer systems in public settings to encourage social interactions between the public. This time was before the commercial internet. Find out more here
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Felsenstein was one of the original members of the Homebrew Computer Club and the designer of the Osborne 1, the first mass-produced portable computer.
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Felsenstein developed the Intel 8080 based SOL computer from Processor Technology, the PennyWhistle modem, and other early "S-100 bus" era designs. Find out more here
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In 1980, the Osborne Computer Corporation was founded by Adam Osborne along with Lee Felsenstein. Felsenstein developed the corporations' first product, the portable computer.
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Between the years of 1981-1983, Felsenstein was employed at the Osborne Computer Corporation and during his employment, he designed the Osborne 1. The Osborne 1 was the first mass-produced portable computer.
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The Osborne 1 was released in 1981. It was created by Adam Osborne and designed by Lee Felsenstein.
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Felsenstein was named a 'Pioneer of the Electric Frontier' in 1994 by the Electric Frontier Foundation.
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In 1998, Felsenstein established the Free Speech Movement Archives as an online repository of historical information connecting to that event.
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While working with the Jhai Foundation of San Francisco in 2003, he created an open-source telecommunications and computer system for installation in remote villages in the developing world.
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In 2003, Felsenstein was named a Laureate of The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose, CA) for his accomplishments.
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In 2007, Felsenstein was given the Editor's Choice Award for Creative Excellence by EE Times magazine.
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Felsenstein is the Founding Sensei of the HackerDojo in Mountain View, CA. HackerDojo is a large community center and hackerspace that is located in Santa Clara, California. The hackerspace is mainly used for software projects, technology classes, and more.
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Felsenstein was appointed to be a Fellow of the Computer History Museum, "for his influence on the technical and social environment of the early personal computing era."
