Homebrew Computer Club

  • January 1975

    January 1975

    Popular Electronics magazine article featuring the Altair 8800 Microcomputer kit is published
  • March 5 1975

    March 5 1975

    The first Homebrew Computer Club took place in Gordon French's garage with about 30 attendees
  • March 15 1975

    March 15 1975

    Fred Moore created the first newsletter for the Homebrew Club
  • March 1975

    March 1975

    Second Meeting, where they come up with their name, Bay Area Amateur Computer Users Group--Homebrew Computer Club
  • April 16 1975

    April 16 1975

    Steve Dompier got his Altair 8800 computer to play the Beatles' “Fool on the Hill,” and then it played “Daisy,” which happens to be the first song ever played on a computer in the Bell Labs in 1957
  • June 1975

    June 1975

    Lee Felsenstein became the new moderator for the club meetings
  • August 1975

    August 1975

    Fred Moore leaves the group due to personal issues, and Robert Reiling takes over as the newsletter editor
  • 1976

    1976

    Apple I computer prototype was debuted by Steve Wozniak at a meeting
  • May 1976

    May 1976

    Marty Spergel, a club member, started MR Enterprises and released the Astral 2000
  • July 1976

    July 1976

    Bob Marsh and Lee Felsenstein's SOL terminal is featured on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine
  • February 16 1977

    February 16 1977

    1,500 names in the club's mailing list
  • 1977

    1977

    Apple II was released by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
  • December 1977

    December 1977

    Newsletter ends after 21 issues
  • 1986

    1986

    Homebrew Computer Club officially disbands
  • November 11 2013

    November 11 2013

    The Homebrew Computer Club holds a reunion on November 11, 2013, at the Computer History Museum
  • August 1 2025

    August 1 2025

    The Computer History Museum hosts an event titled "The Homebrew Computer Club at 50," part of the Vintage Computer Festival