Effrem Lipkin Hacker-activist from New York who loved machines but hated their uses. Co-Founded Community Memory; friend of Felsenstein.
LISP Machine The ultimate hacker computer, invented mosly by Greenblatt and subject of a bitter dispute at MIT.
"Uncle" John McCarthy Absent-minded but brilliant MIT [later Stanford] professor who helped pioneer computer chess, artificial intelligence, LISP.
Bob Marsh Berkeley-ite and Homebrewer who shared garage with Felsenstein and founded Processor Technology, which made the Sol computer.
Roger Melen Homebrewer who co-founded Cromemco company to make circuit boards for Altair. His "Dazzler" played LIFE programs on his kitchen table.
Louis Merton Pseudonym for the AI chess hacker whose tendency to go catatonic brought the hacker community together.
Jude Milhon
Met Lee Felsenstein through a classified ad in the
Berkeley Barb, and became more than a friend—
a member of the Community Memory collective.
Marvin Minsky Playful and brilliant MIT prof who headed the AI lave and allowed the hackers to run free.
Fred Moore Vagabond pacifist who hated money, loved technology, and co-founded Homebrew Club.
Stewart Nelson
Buck-toothed, diminutive, but fiery AI lab hacker
who connected the PDP-1 comptuer to hack the phone system.
Later co-founded the Systems Concepts company.