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by DanBC 3194 days ago
A lot of it comes from radio ham enthusiasts. They had clubs and magazines set up to talk about hobbyist electronic tinkering for radio, and that expanded to include general electronics, and then computing.

Here's a 1973 example of a "tv typewriter": http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/TV_Typewriter....