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I Woz

computer geek to cult icon - getting to the core of Apple's inventor

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The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards and pages of encoded output. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen? The result was the first true personal computer, the Apple I, a widely affordable machine that anyone could understand and figure out how to use. Wozniak's life—before and after Apple—is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, <i>iWoz</i> presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution.

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I Woz, Gina Smith

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2006
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Titel
I Woz
Untertitel
computer geek to cult icon - getting to the core of Apple's inventor
Sprache
Englisch
Autor*innen
Gina Smith
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Einband
Paperback
Seitenzahl
313
ISBN10
0755314077
ISBN13
9780755314072
Reihe
Beschreibung
The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards and pages of encoded output. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen? The result was the first true personal computer, the Apple I, a widely affordable machine that anyone could understand and figure out how to use. Wozniak's life—before and after Apple—is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, <i>iWoz</i> presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution.