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• Steve Wozniak is celebrating his 76th birthday today. Author of Blue Box, Apple computers and Apple II, and
• Steve Wozniak is celebrating his 76th birthday today. Author of Blue Box, Apple computers and Apple II, and sponsor of many charities and schools.
• Here are some interesting facts and a few biographies of this legendary engineer:
• In 1976, in an agreement with Steve Jobs, Wozniak created a prototype Pong game board for Atari in Los Gatos in 4 days, which produced slot machines. He was to simplify the slot machine with the classic Ping Pong game.
Apple one.
• In 1975, Steve Wozniak left the University of California without graduating and devoted himself to the field of high technology.
• Shortly thereafter, he completed work on the new Apple I, which eventually made him famous.
• He did not hope for any success, but simply did it to impress the members of the Homebrew Computer Club, a club of computer enthusiasts based in Palo Alto.
I've been sharing my schematics for free to help people who support the idea that computers change lives in many ways (communication, education, productivity, and so on)...
• In 1975, a computer called Altair 8800, developed by MITS, appeared on the market. By that time Wozniak was already working for the well-known Hewlett-Packard (HP) company.
• According to him, the company had only one computer, which was intended to be used by about 80 engineers who were always in line. Steve Wozniak understood the importance of having the technology company equipped with the necessary equipment.
• In ease of use, the Apple I was years ahead of the Altair 8800. The latter did not have a display and a real data store. The computer received commands using switches (one program could require several thousand switches without a single error), and its output device was a set of flashing lights. The Altair 8800 was perfectly suited for people who engaged in electronics as a hobby.
• Unlike the Altair, Wozniak's computer was a fully assembled and working device with a $20 MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor and a PC.
The Apple II.
• In the new Apple II, Wozniak introduced high-resolution color graphics, allowing his computer to display not only text and symbols but also images.
• By 1978, he had also designed an inexpensive Disk II flexible disk controller. Together with Randy Wiggington (one of Apple's first programmers) he wrote Apple DOS and the file system.
• In addition to developing hardware, Wozniak wrote much of the software that worked for Apple. He wrote the advanced programming language Calvin, a set of virtual instructions for a 16-bit processor known as SWEET16, and the computer game Breakout, which was the reason for the addition of sound.
• In 1980, Apple listed its shares on the stock exchange, which made Jobs and Wozniak millionaires. For the next few years, Apple II was the main source of revenue for Apple and provided the company's viability when its management took on much less profitable projects such as the ill-fated Apple III and the short-lived Apple Lisa computer.
I'm going to say goodbye to Apple.
• In 1981, Woz actually left Apple. According to Wozniak, he simply lost interest in it and went into more attractive projects.
• Steve Jobs was furious. He was trying to stop Wozniak from starting new ventures, but he was unable to get his friend back to his home company.
• In 82-83, Vaughn was a sponsor of two large-scale rock festivals The US Festival, representing a unique blend of high technology, music, people and television.
• Few people know that Wozniak was the main initiator of the famous U.S.-S.S.R. cable car bridge in 1982.
• In '83, he returned to Apple as chief engineer and developer.
• 12 years after the company was founded, on February 6, 1987, Wozniak leaves Apple once again, this time forever.
• Wozniak then founded a new company called CL9, which developed remote controls, and launched the first universal DC controls.
• He found other suppliers instead of those he had worked with for 4 years and was very disappointed in his closest friend.
• Wozniak went into teaching (he taught fifth graders) and charity work in education. After being fired from Apple, Wozniak transferred all his money to the technology program of Los Gatos School District (California, USA).
• In 2001, he founded the company "Wheels Of Zeus" to create wireless GPS technology that was to "help ordinary people find ordinary things".
• Wozniak currently resides in Los Gatos and attends every Apple conference where the company's new devices are presented...
# Different #game #PC
• Here are some interesting facts and a few biographies of this legendary engineer:
• In 1976, in an agreement with Steve Jobs, Wozniak created a prototype Pong game board for Atari in Los Gatos in 4 days, which produced slot machines. He was to simplify the slot machine with the classic Ping Pong game.
Apple one.
• In 1975, Steve Wozniak left the University of California without graduating and devoted himself to the field of high technology.
• Shortly thereafter, he completed work on the new Apple I, which eventually made him famous.
• He did not hope for any success, but simply did it to impress the members of the Homebrew Computer Club, a club of computer enthusiasts based in Palo Alto.
I've been sharing my schematics for free to help people who support the idea that computers change lives in many ways (communication, education, productivity, and so on)...
• In 1975, a computer called Altair 8800, developed by MITS, appeared on the market. By that time Wozniak was already working for the well-known Hewlett-Packard (HP) company.
• According to him, the company had only one computer, which was intended to be used by about 80 engineers who were always in line. Steve Wozniak understood the importance of having the technology company equipped with the necessary equipment.
• In ease of use, the Apple I was years ahead of the Altair 8800. The latter did not have a display and a real data store. The computer received commands using switches (one program could require several thousand switches without a single error), and its output device was a set of flashing lights. The Altair 8800 was perfectly suited for people who engaged in electronics as a hobby.
• Unlike the Altair, Wozniak's computer was a fully assembled and working device with a $20 MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor and a PC.
The Apple II.
• In the new Apple II, Wozniak introduced high-resolution color graphics, allowing his computer to display not only text and symbols but also images.
• By 1978, he had also designed an inexpensive Disk II flexible disk controller. Together with Randy Wiggington (one of Apple's first programmers) he wrote Apple DOS and the file system.
• In addition to developing hardware, Wozniak wrote much of the software that worked for Apple. He wrote the advanced programming language Calvin, a set of virtual instructions for a 16-bit processor known as SWEET16, and the computer game Breakout, which was the reason for the addition of sound.
• In 1980, Apple listed its shares on the stock exchange, which made Jobs and Wozniak millionaires. For the next few years, Apple II was the main source of revenue for Apple and provided the company's viability when its management took on much less profitable projects such as the ill-fated Apple III and the short-lived Apple Lisa computer.
I'm going to say goodbye to Apple.
• In 1981, Woz actually left Apple. According to Wozniak, he simply lost interest in it and went into more attractive projects.
• Steve Jobs was furious. He was trying to stop Wozniak from starting new ventures, but he was unable to get his friend back to his home company.
• In 82-83, Vaughn was a sponsor of two large-scale rock festivals The US Festival, representing a unique blend of high technology, music, people and television.
• Few people know that Wozniak was the main initiator of the famous U.S.-S.S.R. cable car bridge in 1982.
• In '83, he returned to Apple as chief engineer and developer.
• 12 years after the company was founded, on February 6, 1987, Wozniak leaves Apple once again, this time forever.
• Wozniak then founded a new company called CL9, which developed remote controls, and launched the first universal DC controls.
• He found other suppliers instead of those he had worked with for 4 years and was very disappointed in his closest friend.
• Wozniak went into teaching (he taught fifth graders) and charity work in education. After being fired from Apple, Wozniak transferred all his money to the technology program of Los Gatos School District (California, USA).
• In 2001, he founded the company "Wheels Of Zeus" to create wireless GPS technology that was to "help ordinary people find ordinary things".
• Wozniak currently resides in Los Gatos and attends every Apple conference where the company's new devices are presented...
# Different #game #PC