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IWoz : computer geek to cult icon : how I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and had fun doing it
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IWoz : computer geek to cult icon : how I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and had fun doing it

Author: Steve Wozniak; Gina Smith
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Biographies
Named Person: Steve Wozniak; Stephen Gary Wozniak; Steve Wozniak
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Steve Wozniak; Gina Smith
ISBN: 0393061434 9780393061437
OCLC Number: 70668758
Description: 313 p. : ill. ; 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.
Responsibility: Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith.
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The mastermind behind Apple steps forward to tell his story for the first time. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, "iWoz" presents a  Read more...

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