Programmeerimiskeel
The Xerox PARC-developed Gypsy word-processing system is first field-tested by end-users.
Gypsy is one of the first word processors termed "WYSIWYG", meaning what you see is what
you get. Gypsy runs on the PARC-developed Alto personal computer.
Fred Moore and Gordon French hold the first meeting of a new microcomputer hobbyist's
club in French's garage, in Menlo Park, California. 32 people meet, including Bob Albrect, Steve
Dompier, Lee Felsenstein, Bob Marsh, Tom Pittman, Marty Spergel, Alan Baum, and Steven
Wozniak. Bob Albrect shows off an Altair, and Steve Dompier reports on MITS, and how they
had 4000 orders for the Altair.
Stephen Dorsey, founder of Automatic Electronic Systems, sells his 25% of the company for
$135,000.
The second meeting of Fred Moore/Gordon French's computer hobbyists group is held at the
Stanford AI lab. 40 attend. The name for the group is chosen: Bay Area Amateur Computer Users
Group - Homebrew Computer Club.