Michal Marek Apple co-muvambi Steve Wozniak uye muvambi weAtari Nolan Bushnell vakapinda mubvunzurudzo yeawa pamusangano wetekinoroji weC2SV. Chiitiko chose chakaitika muSan Jose, California, uye vatori vechikamu vose vakataura pamusoro pemisoro yakawanda. Pamwe chete vakarangarira nezvaSteve Jobs uye matangiro eApple.
Bvunzurudzo yakatanga naWozniak achirangarira nezvenguva yekutanga yaakasangana naNolan Bushnell. Kuziva kwavo kwaiyananiswa naSteve Jobs, akaedza kupinda mukambani yaBushnell yeAtari.
Ndakaziva Steve Jobs kwenguva yakareba. Rimwe zuva ndakaona Pong (imwe yemitambo yekutanga yemavhidhiyo, note editorial office) uye ndakabva ndaziva kuti ndaifanira kuva nechimwe chinhu chakadai. Ndakabva ndangoziva kuti ndinoziva mashandiro anoita terevhizheni, uye ndinogona kugadzira chero chinhu. Saka ndakavaka Pongi yangu. Panguva iyoyo, Steve akadzoka kubva kuOregon, kwaaidzidza. Ndakamuratidza basa rangu Steve akabva atoda kuti tiende pamberi peAtari management tinotsvaga basa ikoko.
Wozniak akabva arondedzera kutenda kwake kukuru kuti Mabasa akanga apinzwa basa. Akanga asiri injiniya, saka aifanira kunyatsofadza Bushnell naAl Alcorn, avo vakaronga Pong, uye kuratidza chido chake. Bushnell akagutsurira musoro kuna Wozniak uye akawedzera chikamu chake chenyaya yekuti Mabasa akauya sei kwaari mushure memazuva mashoma ari pabasa uye akanyunyuta nekutya kuti hapana munhu paAtari aigona kutengesa.
Mabasa akati panguva iyoyo: Chikwata chakadaro hachigoni kushanda pasina kukundikana kunyange kwevhiki shomanana. Iwe unofanirwa kusimudza mutambo wako zvishoma. Ndakabva ndamubvunza kana aikwanisa kubhururuka. Akapindura kudaro.
Nezvenyaya iyi, Wozniak akataura kuti panguva yekushanda kwavo pamwe chete kuAtari, Mabasa aigara achiedza kudzivisa kusungirirwa uye aifarira kubatanidza tambo nekungodziputira nematepi anonamira.
Gare gare, hurukuro yakashandura kushayikwa kwemari mumazuva ekutanga eSilicon Valley, uye vose Wozniak naBushnell vakarangarira nostalgically mamiriro ezvinhu uye zviitiko zvakapoteredza Apple I komputa, Atari uye, semuenzaniso, Commodore. Wozniak akayeuka kuti pane imwe nguva yakakosha sei vachiedza kutsvaga vanoisa mari, uye Bushnell akapindura kuti iye pachake aida kuve munhu wekudyara muApple. Wozniak akabva amuyeuchidza kuti aisafanira kuramba zvirevo izvo Apple yaakamupa panguva iyoyo.
Takatumira chipo chedu kune vese Commodore neAl Alcorn. Asi iwe wakanyanya kubatikana nePong iri kuuya uye wakatarisa pamamiriyoni emadhora ayo chirongwa chako chakauya nacho. Wati hauna nguva yekubata necomputer.
Vaviri ava vakazokakavadzana kuti yekutanga kupihwa yaitaridzika sei panguva iyoyo. Bushnell akati yaive $50 kutenga chikamu chimwe muzvitatu cheApple. Wozniak haana kubvumirana nazvo, achiti panguva iyoyo chaive chibvumirano chaigona kuita mazana ezviuru zvemadhora, danda reApple muAtari uye kodzero yavo yekumhanyisa chirongwa. Nekudaro, muvambi weApple akazobvuma kuti aive kure nekuudzwa nezve zvese zvebhizinesi raSteve Jobs. Akarondedzerawo kushamisika kwake kukuru paakaziva kuti Mabasa akanga achiedza kubvuta $000 kubva kuCommodore.
Imwe nguva gare gare, Bushnell akarumbidza Wozniak nekugadzira iyo Apple II, achiona kuti kushandiswa kwemasere ekuwedzera slots kwakaratidza kuva pfungwa inoona kure. Wozniak akapindura kuti Apple yakanga isina zvirongwa zvechinhu chakadaro, asi iye pachake akaomerera pazviri nekuda kwemweya wake we geek.
Pakupedzisira, vose vakataura pamusoro pesimba uye chido chechidiki Steve Jobs, vachicherechedza kuti mabhuku emangwana nemafirimu anofanira kutarisana nehurukuro iyi. Zvisinei, Wozniak akataura kuti kuda kwaMabasa uye kusimba kwebasa rake kwaivawo chikonzero chezvimwe zvekukundikana. Sezvineiwo, tinogona kutaura nezveLisa purojekiti kana kutanga kweMacintosh chirongwa. Kuwedzera donho remoyo murefu kunonzi kwakagonesa Mabasa kuwana zvakanyanya kubva mukusimba uye chido ichocho.
