AppleInsider StaffA reportedly rediscovered video from 1984 shows Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak talking about all things Apple, including his time with Steve Jobs, creating the Apple I and Apple II, and more.
AppleInsider was made aware of the video series by uploader Vince Patton, who said the footage comes from a VHS recording of a talk Wozniak gave on Oct. 4, 1984, to the Denver Apple Pi computer club. While the quality is not of the highest caliber, it is surprisingly watchable given its age.
In the videos, Woz discusses everything from being a college prankster to working on some of the most important products in Apple history.
Also part of the collection is a short speech from Randy Wigginton, Apple employee No. 6 and creator of a number of Mac applications including MacWrite.
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Woz has my respect and I honestly believe he deserves our utmost respect. :)
Speaking of Woz and the Apple I: In the music world, some companies like Moog and Korg are releasing analog synths, retro machines but built with modern digital circuitry supporting the analog stuff so that it stays in tune and doesn't burn up and stuff. I think it would be cool--now that phones and tablets are becoming more important than "real" computers--it would be cool if Apple put out something like a retro Apple IIe, with the classic 6502 cpu, the classic OS, but with circuitry manages the power well, buffers the slots perfectly and drove an LCD. It would be a novelty kind of thing, but I bet it could be done very inexpensively and it would be cool to see, again, the "Apple II Forever" slogan. And it would be cool to see again a real computer without UNIX or a derivative.
Speaking of Woz and the Apple I: In the music world, some companies like Moog and Korg are releasing analog synths, retro machines but built with modern digital circuitry supporting the analog stuff so that it stays in tune and doesn't burn up and stuff. I think it would be cool--now that phones and tablets are becoming more important than "real" computers--it would be cool if Apple put out something like a retro Apple IIe, with the classic 6502 cpu, the classic OS, but with circuitry manages the power well, buffers the slots perfectly and drove an LCD. It would be a novelty kind of thing, but I bet it could be done very inexpensively and it would be cool to see, again, the "Apple II Forever" slogan. And it would be cool to see again a real computer without UNIX or a derivative.
Some guys were working on an Apple IIgs laptop. It appears to have fizzled out unfortunately. :(
http://www.a2gs.com
Fascinating. Thanks for posting.
The money comment comes at the very beginning. Steve/Steve realized that a preassembled computer, rather than a kit, was the way to get into the home. In my heart of hearts I firmly believe that Steve Jobs was behind this. Wozniak was a charter member of the Heathkit cult and this thought would have never occurred to him. The disconnect between Jobs and Wozniak continues today with the so-called war between Open and Closed systems. It may also explain why iOS users apparently actually use their devices more than Android users, as web use surveys continue to indicate. The nerds may come up with the technology but they have no clue how to satisfy the needs of normal users, and many of them look down their noses at the unwashed masses. You see this attitude constantly on sites like C|net, which is populated by techie wannabes and posers.