Steve Wozniak and Born of Apple Computer

Stephen Gary Wozniak was born in San Jose, California, on August 11, 1950. His parents encourage their son’s interest in electronics from an early age. By the sixth grade, Wozniak had built a computer that could play a tic-tac-toe game.

Beginning in 1968, Wozniak studied electrical engineering for several semesters at the University of Colorado in Boulder; the in 1969 he moved back to the Bay Area where he took general education classes at De Anza College in Cupertino.

Steve Wozniak can be a person to have set of the personal computer revolution. He designed the machine that crystallized what a desktop computer was: Apple II

On 1st April, 1876, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the Apple 1 computer and started Apple Computers. At that time Wozniak was 26, had written a Basic programming language interpreter for a new microprocessor from MOS Technology, the 6502m and designed a computer to run it.

The first computer they built was an engineering marvel for its time. In simplicity of use it was years ahead of the Altair 8800, its only competitor which was introduced early in 1975.

The easy to use Apple 11 computer was introduced in 1978, complete with a floppy disk drive, sold for $1,300 and in just six years, the Apple Computer Company grew to a $500 million a year.

Wozniak design of the Apple 11 became the genesis of the personal computer revolution and even would probably admit that he underestimated the power of his design.
Steve Wozniak and Born of Apple Computer