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Born on April 27,1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Joined the Co-operative Work-Study program in Engineering. Lee shortly after dropped out to work as a junior engineer at Ampex.
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Re-enrolling into the university, Lee then received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
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He developed the Community Memory Project, along with Efrem Lipkin, Mark Szpakowski, and others!
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Because of the higher cost of the Community Memory Project, Lee Felsenstein then designed a less expensive version, which soon became a favorite of the personal computer users/hobbyist.
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Felsenstein was the founder of the Homebrew Computer Club, which was early computer hobbyist group based in Silicon Valley. A lot of the companies that went through them were able to help launch the personal computer revolution.
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Joined this team shortly after the club, which he was a design consultant.
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Felsenstein shortly after the club was formed, developed SOL-20, which was one of the first microcomputers in which did not have a keyboard and or case. Selling over 10,000 units in the time span of 3 years!
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Founded with Osborne, they designed the first portable computer, which was inspired by the NoteTaker. They both sold more than 125,000 units!
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This was an online movement which was super informative in terms of important messages for him and others within the 60s.
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Given out by the Electronic Frontier Foundation!
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Worked here until 2005, where he was free-lance consulting.
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Lee worked with designing a open-source telecommunication system to help remote villages in the world
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This was distributed by EE Times Magazine in 2007
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In 2016 Lee was made a fellow of the computer history museum, due to his outstanding achievements as well as his influence on the personal computer era
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