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In 1984, Jobs and Wozniak Talk About Apple's Earliest Days

Posted by timothy on from the one-of-those-days dept.

harrymcc writes: In 1984, Apple launched the Apple IIc computer. As part of its promotion, it produced a video with Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and other employees talking about company's founding and the creation of the Apple I and Apple II computers. Over at Fast Company, I've shared this remarkable, little-seen bit of history. It's full of goodies, from images of Jobs and Wozniak wearing remarkably Apple Watch-like timepieces to evocative photos of early computer stores.

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  1. Remarkably Apple Watch-like for a reason by gweilo8888 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because the Apple Watch has an incredibly dated, bland, boring design that looks like a cross between retro and a child's toy. Enough with the hype about the Apple Watch already -- the reviews have slated it for its terrible interface, poor apps and terrible battery life. Next topic, please?

  2. Apple ][ was a great product by NixieBunny · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I worked at a Byte Shop in 1978-9 as their repair department. I was in high school. We sold Apples, TRS-80s, S-100 bus stuff, etc. The Apple was the most impressive machine, by far. It was apparent just from looking inside it, that the design was the way of the future.

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    1. Re:Apple ][ was a great product by msauve · · Score: 4, Interesting

      BS. There were no "don't break this seals..." in the Apple ][. It was wide open. It had to be, you had to remove the cover to install expansion cards or more RAM.

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    2. Re:Apple ][ was a great product by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Indeed, the original Apple II user guide includes instructions on how to install your own RAM.

    3. Re:Apple ][ was a great product by neo-mkrey · · Score: 2

      The ATARI 800 was far superior. It had dedicated chips for graphics, sound and I/O. Much like computers today. The Apple ][ relied on the 6502 for most everything.

    4. Re:Apple ][ was a great product by msauve · · Score: 4, Informative

      No seals on any Macs, at least up until the candy colored ones, either. You needed a hard to find long T-15 screwdriver (and a special case separator, if you didn't want to do cosmetic damage) to open them, though. But the RAM was soldered in, so it wouldn't have been a Mac that needed its RAM reseated.

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    5. Re:Apple ][ was a great product by Plumpaquatsch · · Score: 2

      The ATARI 800 was far superior. It had dedicated chips for graphics, sound and I/O. Much like computers today. The Apple ][ relied on the 6502 for most everything.

      The 800 also came out over 3 years later.

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  3. Re:And then I screwed Daniel Kottke out of stock.. by NotDrWho · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Ha, Bill Gates is a pussy!" responded Jobs. "That weak little pansy didn't even have the balls to deny his daughter's paternity and make her live on welfare."

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  4. The watch by operagost · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since a lot of your folks are too young to remember...

    The watch Jobs is wearing appears to be an LED digital watch. Because LED displays drained the battery a lot quicker than LCD watches (which came later), you had to press a button to see the time. In retrospect, this is kind of a feature, because when the display was off the face was completely dark and mysterious. It was like Darth Vader's watch.

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  5. Re:Perplexing by SpaceBuggy · · Score: 2

    It's called a Reality Distortion Field (RDF).