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taking a bite out of apple

By 17davidrub

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    days until 1976 may be inacerate

  • Jef Raskin (Mac creator) writes Ph.D. thesis on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) at Penn State University.

    Jef Raskin (Mac creator) writes Ph.D. thesis on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) at Penn State University.

  • Bill Fernandez introduces his high school buddy Steve Jobs to his neighbor Steve Wozniak.

  • Xerox opens Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and employs

    Xerox opens Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and employs the greatest minds in the field to research advances in computer science. Raskin begins to take several trips to PARC as a visiting scholar for the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

  • Jobs becomes one of the first 50 employees at Atari, under Atari founder Nolan K. Bushnell.

    Jobs becomes one of the first 50 employees at Atari, under Atari founder Nolan K. Bushnell. Jobs later asks Woz for help in creating the sequel to the smash hit "Pong", entitled "Breakout". Jobs cheats Woz out of $5000.

  • PARC finishes work on the $40,000 Alto. It becomes the first true PC, and first GUI-operated computer.

    PARC finishes work on the $40,000 Alto. It becomes the first true PC, and first GUI-operated computer. It also used the first laser printer, and was connected to other Altos using the first Ethernet network.

  • Woz begins attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club.

    Woz begins attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club. Woz becomes intrigued by the Altair 8800 often shown there. He cannot afford one so he decides to build his own microcomputer. Work begins on the Apple I.

  • Woz finishes work on the Apple I.

    Woz finishes work on the Apple I. He first asks his employer, Hewlett Packard, if they are interested in an $800 machine that runs BASIC. All the departments in HP turns down his offer.

  • Apple Computer Company is founded by Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ron Wayne.

  • $666.66 Apple I introduced at the Home Brew Computer Club meeting.

    Paul Terell, president of Byte Shop chain, makes 50 orders.

  • Byte Shop order finished 1 day before deadline.

    Ron Wayne leaves company.

  • Jobs asks his former boss, Nolan Bushnell, for information on investors.

    Bushnell recommends Don Valentine, who in turn recommends Mike Markkula, who becomes a key person in Apple's history for over twenty years.

  • Woz shows an Apple II prototype to Commodore representatives.

    Commodore turns him down.

  • Commodore buys MOS Technology, the company who makes the processors powered by the Apple I and II.

  • Apple Computer, Inc. is officially created after the company is incorporated. Mike Markkula invests $92,000 in Apple, with intent to invest $250,000.

  • The Apple II is publicly introduced for $1295.

  • 34-year-old Jef Raskin joins Apple Computer exactly one year after becoming incorporated. Becomes employee #31.

  • Jobs' daughter, Lisa Nicole, is born out of wedlock. He initially denies the possibility of being the father, but came to accept her.

  • Daniel Fylstra writes CalcuLedger (later to become VisiCalc). Offers it to Apple and Microsoft for $1 million. Both turn him down.

  • Raskin refuses proposal to work on Annie Project, a $500 game machine. Suggests a GUI project instead.

  • Raskin writes proposal for the PITS (Person In The Street's) Computer. It would supposedly to solve the complexities of the Apple II.