Steve and Woz build anf illegally sell "blue boxes" that allow to make phone calls for free
Woz and Steve show the early Apple I board at the Homebrew Computer Club
Steve and Woz start assembling Apple I computers in the Jobses’ garage, and sell them to computer hobbyists, including 50 for the Byte Shop
Sring of 1976
Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne
Apple makes a huge sensation at the West Coast Computer Faire with a protype Apple II
Steve Jobs is shown the first working graphical user interface at Xerox PARC
Apple launches Apple III, which will probe a disastrous flop
Apple goes public, increasing Steve Jobs’ net worth from dozens of millions of dollars to over $200 million
Jef Raskin is forced out of his Macintosh project as Steve Jobs takes over
Early 1981
Black Wednesday: 50 Apple employees laid off by CEO Mike Scott without notice. The board asks him to leave shortly afterwards. Mike Markkula becomes interim CEO