Re: Steve Jobs created the Apple II??????

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@tarnover.org>]

On Sun, 01 May 2005 11:55:23 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Michael Black wrote:
>> "tolsen64" (tolsen64@hotmail.com) writes:
>> 

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>I would be very interested to hear about _anything_ besides packaging
>that Jobs suggested.  Woz initiated the color graphics, the game
>controllers, the speaker, the slots, the DRAM, etc.  Woz designed
>a computer that could run the video games of the day, and many of
>the design attributes are a direct consequence of that.
>
>I can easily envision Jobs as the champion of the notion of a
>self-contained machine, with integral case, keyboard, and power
>supply, but have a hard time imagining any technical input to the
>design.  (He probably also argued for an integral monitor!)
>
>Of course, after Apple was off the ground, I can see how Jobs would
>have been a major force pushing for the quick development of a simple,
>fast floppy disk capability.  And I view Woz's virtuoso design of
>the Disk ][ drive electronics and controller (hardware and software)
>as one of his greatest engineering achievements.
>
>It is undoubtedly true that Apple could never have happened without
>_both_ Woz and Jobs.  The great engineer and the visionary businessman
>is a fantastic combination on which to found a business.  Bill Hewlett
>and Dave Packard come to mind as another prominent example.
>
>-michael
>
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In fact, wasn't Jobs' first real attempt at interferring with his
engineering team the abysmal Apple III?

- Mike
maginnis@tarnover.org