Amaya Toman Yechitatu yaNdira 1977 yakamiririra Apple - ipapo ichiri Apple Computer Co. - chiitiko chakakosha. Yakanga iri nguva iyo kambani yakava mubatanidzwa uye Steve Jobs naSteve Wozniak vakanyoreswa zviri pamutemo sevabatsiri vayo.
Ron Wayne, uyo aivewo pakuzvarwa kwekambani uye aive wekutanga kuisa mari mairi, akapedzisira asiri chikamu chechibvumirano. Panguva iyoyo, akanga atotengesa mugove wake muApple - kubva pakuona nhasi, kuseka - madhora mazana masere. Iyo kambani ine chikwereti chemari uye hunyanzvi hunodiwa kuti Apple iziviswe semubatanidzwa kuna Mike Markkul, uyo akaita chiratidzo chakakosha munhoroondo yeApple.
Mushure mekuvambwa kwayo muna Kubvumbi 1976, Apple yakaburitsa komputa yayo yekutanga, Apple-1. Nhasi, inotora mari yezvemuchadenga mumaokisheni pasi rese, panguva yekuburitswa kwayo (Chikumi 1976) yakatengeswa nemadhora mazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu nenhanhatu uye haigone kutorwa seyakarova chaizvo. Chete nhamba shoma yemayuniti yakauya munyika uye, kusiyana neyakazouya zvigadzirwa kubva kuApple, haina kumira kunze munzira ipi neipi yakanyanyisa kana ichienzaniswa nemakwikwi. Pamusoro pezvo, boka revatengi venguva dzose vekambani panguva iyoyo vaive nechimiro chakasiyana zvachose pane zvachiri nhasi.
Steve Jobs, Mike Markulla, Steve Wozniak uye Apple-1 komputa:
Shanduko yakaitika chete nekuburitswa kweApple II modhi. Yaive yekutanga komputa yakagadzirwa nekambani yeCupertino yakagadzirirwa chaizvo musika mukuru. Yakatengeswa nekhibhodi uye yakazvikudza BASIC kuenderana pamwe nemavara emifananidzo. Chakanga chiri chekupedzisira chimiro, pamwe chete neane simba uye anobatsira maperipherals uye software, kusanganisira mitambo uye zvigadzirwa zvekugadzira, izvo zvakaita kuti Apple II ive chigadzirwa chakabudirira zvakanyanya.
Iyo Apple II inogona kunyatsotsanangurwa sekombuta yaive pamberi penguva yayo munzira dzakawanda, zvese maererano nemagadzirirwo ayo kubva kumusangano waJerry Manock nemabasa ayo. Yaifambiswa ne1MHz MOS 6502 processor uye yaive nendangariro yakawedzerwa kubva pa4KB kusvika 48KB, kadhi reruzha, mitsetse masere yekumwe kuwedzera uye kiibhodhi yakabatanidzwa. Pakutanga, varidzi veApple II vaigonawo kushandisa kaseti kaseti yekuteerera kumhanyisa zvirongwa uye kuchengetedza data, kwapera gore shanduko yakauya muchimiro cheDisk II drive ye5 1/4 inch floppy disks. "Ini ndinofunga komputa yako yega inofanirwa kunge iri diki, yakavimbika, iri nyore kushandisa uye isingadhure," Steve Wozniak akataura panguva iyoyo mubvunzurudzo yeByte magazine.
Apple II komputa:
Kugadzirwa kwekombuta inenge yakakwana, zvisinei, zvine musoro zvaida mari yakakwira zvakanyanya kupfuura iyo Jobs naWozniak vaigona kushandisa panguva iyoyo. Yakanga iri nguva iyo kununura kwakauya muchimiro chaMike Markkula uye yake yakakosha mari. Markkula akaunzwa kuMabasa nemukuru wekushambadzira Regis McKenna uye venture capitalist Don Valentine. Muna 1976, Markkula akabvumirana naMabasa naWozniak kugadzira hurongwa hwebhizimisi hweApple. Chinangwa chavo chaive chekusvika mamiriyoni mazana mashanu emadhora mukutengesa mumakore gumi. Markkula akaisa $500 muApple kubva muhomwe yake uye akabatsira kambani kuwana imwe jekiseni remari sechikwereti chemadhora miriyoni kubva kuBank of America. Pasina nguva Apple yave mubatanidzwa, Michael Scott akave CEO wayo wekutanga - muhoro wake wepagore panguva iyoyo waive $92.
Mukupedzisira, iyo mari mune yambotaurwa yakabhadhara chaizvo Apple. Komputa yeApple II yakamuunzira 770 madhora mumari mugore rekuburitswa kwayo, 7,9 miriyoni emadhora gore rakatevera, uye kunyange inoremekedzwa 49 miriyoni gore rakapfuura.
