Apple II History
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Tag: Steve Wozniak
Episode 3 – The Apple-1 Does It All
Early microcomputers (the Altair and its competitors) had some significant limitations, as was discussed last time on Apple II Slices. This week, I will describe how Wozniak’s Apple-1 addressed those problems, and made his computer more accessible to customers who did not want to assemble it themselves. It addressed the shortcomings of the Altair 8800, and was the foundation for Apple’s later big hit product, the Apple II.
Episode 1 – It started with a circuit board
On April 1, 1976, the Apple Computer Company was formed by three men – engineer Steve Wozniak, visionary Steve Jobs, and business advisor Ron Wayne. On this first episode of Apple II Slices, I will review the story of Apple’s beginning and the role of each of the founders.
Point To Point
At a recent gathering to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh, a video recording was taken of a conversation between Dan Kottke, Rod Holt, and Steve Wozniak discussing the preparation of the original Apple II prototype. In the video, Kottke…