| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
313 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Our gang : the Electronics Kids -- 2. The logic game -- 3. Learning by accident -- 4. The ethical TV jammer -- 5. Cream soda days -- 6. Phreaking for real -- 7. Escapades with Steve -- 8. HP and moonlighting as a crazy Polack -- 9. Wild projects -- 10. My big idea -- 11. The Apple I -- 12. Our very own company -- 13. The Apple II -- 14. The biggest IPO since Ford -- 15. The Woz plan -- 16. Crash landing -- 17. Have I mentioned I have the voice of an angel? -- 18. Leaving Apple, moving to cloud nine -- 19. The Mad Hatter -- 20. Rules to live by -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
Once upon a time, computers looked like big, alien vending machines. They had large screens, cryptic switches, huge boxes, and odd lights. 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. Widely affordable and easily understood, Wozniak's invention has been rapidly transforming our world ever since. His 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, iWoz presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking, firsthand account of the humanist inventor who ignited the computer revolution.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Wozniak, Steve, 1950-
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Computer engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
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Apple Computer, Inc. -- History.
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Computer industry -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Gina.
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| ISBN |
0393061434 hardcover |
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9780393061437 hardcover |
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