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Steve Wozniak
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Steve Wozniak's Birth
Steve Wozniak was born on August 11th, 1950 in San Jose California. -
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Homebrew Computer Club
Wozniak joined the Homebrew Computer Club, Footage of HomeBrew Computer Club's First Meeting -
The Blue Box
"In 1972 Wozniak designed the “Blue Box,” a device for phreaking that he and Jobs, a student at his old high school whom he met about this time, began selling to other students" (Hosch 1). -
Hewlett-Packard Company
"Wozniak worked at several small electronics firms in the San Francisco Bay area before obtaining a position with the Hewlett-Packard Company in 1975, by which time he had formally dropped out of Berkeley" (Hosch 2). -
Microcomputer and the Start of Apple
Wozniak designed his own microcomputer in 1976 using the new microproccesor (Lemelson 1).The company was not interested in his design, however Jobs was. The start of apple happened shortly after Jobs and Wozniak started teaming up. -
Apple II
"Wozniak started designing an improved version, the Apple II. Wozniak and Jobs demonstrated a prototype in December, and then introduced it to the public in April 1977. The Apple II started the boom in personal computer sales in the late 1970s, and pushed Apple into the lead among personal computer makers" (Smithsonian National Museum of American History 1). -
Company Success
"When the company went public in 1980, its market value exceeded $1 billion, at the time the fastest rise to that milestone in corporate history, and Wozniak’s stock in the company made him an instant multimillionaire" (Hosch 3). -
Plane Crash
Wozniak was in a serious plane crash in California, resulting in his first leave of absence from the company. Article on the Crash -
The Rock Festival
"At 32, “Woz” wanted to turn on a new generation by putting on the most spectacular rock festival in history...drawing a cumulative crowd of 425,000, with a peak of 200,000 on day two" (Weinstein 1). -
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CL 9
After Woz's career at apple, he went on to be the founder of the company CL 9. A company with great success. -
Steve Wozniak Leaves Apple
Here is an article explaining why Wozniak left apple Why did Wozniak Leave Apple? -
The Remote Control
Wozniak developed and brought the first programmable universal remote control to market in 1987, called the "CORE" CORE sold for auction
