Together they attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club - a group of computer hobbyists.

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But Asians everywhere, from academics to computer hobbyists, are working on ways to teach the Internet to speak their mother tongues.

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Steve Wozniak, who built the first Apple computer, was one of those hobbyists.

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Indeed, such was the crossover that Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak belonged to a group of hackers and hobbyists called the Homebrew Computer Club.

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Adding cape plug-in boards to the popular and expandable BeagleBone computer that is used as a development kit allows hobbyists and developers to quickly and easily augment BeagleBone's capabilities with LCD screens, motor control and battery power as well as the ability to create their own circuits.

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Gates and Jobs both came out of the world of hobbyists and tech enthusiasts who invented the personal computer.

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