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Community Memory EvolvesCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Lee Felsenstein'' Image:Lee-Felsenstein-at-Communty-Memory.jpg '''Lee Felsenstein with a later model of the Community Memory terminal.''' ''Photo: Cindy Charles'' Throughout the time I worked at Processor Technology, I retained my primary focus on Community Memory as it entered a years-long period of development work. Using my royalty income, I bought dev..."
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Community Memory: The BeginningCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Lee Felsenstein'' Image:Web englermaggie 4563 1613968 CommunityMemory.jpg '''First iteration of the Community Memory Project at Leopold's Records in Berkeley, 1974.''' Some of our people met with the council of county librarians who maintained an inter-library index system. They told us that we appeared to be a library with nothing on the shelves—their a..."
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Installing a Mainframe at Project OneCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Lee Felsenstein'' Image:Project-One-recording-studio computer-SDS-940 sculptured-wall-studio.jpg '''Project One recording studio, the original SDS-940 computer, and a sculptured wall.''' ''Photo by R. Valentine Atkinson'' As the sands of 1971 ran through the hourglass, I struggled to understand the documentation that Resource One received in advance of de..."
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Resource OneCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Lee Felsenstein'' Image:Project-One-recording-studio computer-SDS-940 sculptured-wall-studio.jpg '''Project One recording studio, the original SDS-940 computer, and a sculptured wall.''' ''Photo by R. Valentine Atkinson'' One evening in 1971 I was walking on Telegraph Avenue in Berkley when I was accosted by Arnie, someone I knew from my work with various..."current
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Founding of Ohlone ParkCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Lee Felsenstein'' Image:Jungle gym Berkeley 60s Mercurywoodrose.jpg '''Jungle gym dating from the late 1960s when neighbors originally established the park.''' ''Photo: Mercury Wood Rose, via wikimedia commons'' Another outcome of the People’s Park affair was important for me. A group of architects and architectural students formed to create an ad-hoc g..."
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Berkeley Barb and People's ParkCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Lee Felsenstein'' Image:Barb-Vol-1-No-1.jpg '''Volume 1, No. 1 of the Berkeley Barb, 1965.''' In 1965 and 1966 I went every Thursday night to Pepe’s pizza parlor on Telegraph Avenue and, while enjoying a slice of pepperoni pizza, awaited my connection—a young fellow peddling a handful of thin (8 page) tabloid papers, one of which I would buy and read..."
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Working at AmpexCreated page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Lee Felsenstein'' I scouted the want ads and saw that Ampex Corporation (owners of the tape recording market) was hiring technicians. I typed up a short resume of my work experience to date. I estimated that I was about five years ahead of my fellow students in my electronics knowledge and resolved to complete my degree within that time period. 40 miles away in..."