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The Hacker Generation refers to the individuals and communities that created the hardware and software of the personal computer in the late nineteen-seventies and early nineteen-eighties.

The Hacker Generation was rooted in the hobbyist movement, a sub-culture of do-it-yourself electronics buffs. These were the people who bought the [[Altair]], a precurser of the first personal computer, when it was first advertised in 1976. In the San Francisco Bay Area the appearance of the [[Altair]] stimulated the formation of the [[Homebrew Computer Club]], where members such as [[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Lee Felsenstein]] discussed how to make a personal computer. 

==Members of the Hacker Generation==
Prominent members of the Hacker Generation include: 
*[[Steve Wozniak]] and [[Steve Jobs]], who created the [[Apple Computer]] 
*[[Lee Felsenstein]], an electronic engineer who was a founding member of the Homebrew Computer Club 
*[[Bill Gates]], who wrote a Basic program for the Altair, and who went on to found Microsoft
*[[Richard Stallman]], who founded the Free Software Movement.

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