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NgoFebhuwari 1981 kwakungeyona inyanga ejabulisayo kumsunguli we-Apple uSteve Wozniak. Kulapho-ke kwaphahlazeka khona injini eyodwa i-Beechcraft Bonanza A36TC ayeyishayela imoto eyodwa enezihlalo eziyisithupha. Ngaphandle kukaWozniak, ingoduso yakhe uCandi Clark, umfowabo nentombi yakhe babesendizeni ngaleso sikhathi. Ngenhlanhla, akekho owashona kule ngozi, kodwa uWozniak walimala ekhanda.

Ingozi yendiza yenzeke ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokunikezelwa komphakathi kokuqala kwe-Apple. Isabelo sikaWozniak enkampanini samtholela imali ehloniphekile yezigidi ezingu-116, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi i-Apple yenza izinguquko ezinkulu u-Wozniak ayengazithandi kakhulu. Impilo yakhe yangasese yayingenazo ukuthula ngokuphindwe kabili. Wayesanda kudivosa nomkakhe wokuqala futhi wayeqala ubuhlobo obusha noCandi, owayesebenza kwa-Apple njengonobhala.

Ngosuku lwabo lokuqala, u-Wozniak wathatha u-Candi wayobona imuvi ye-sci-fi kumamuvi. Nokho, nangaphambi kosuku lokuqala, wazithengela yena yonke ifilimu ngemali yamasheya. Umbhangqwana othandweni ngokushesha waqala ukuhlela umshado wabo. UWozniak weza nombono wokushayela indiza yakhe ukuze avakashele umalume kaCandi, owanikela ngokuklama indandatho yomshado.

Kodwa-ke, ukuqala kwendiza akuzange kuhambe kahle ku-Wozniak, owayesanda kundiza cishe amahora angamashumi amahlanu ngaleso sikhathi. Umshini usuke kungazelelwe, wema ngemuva kwesikhashana wawela phakathi kwezithango ezimbili endaweni yokupaka erenki yokushushuluza eseduze. Kamuva uWozniak wathi kungenzeka ukuthi uCandi wayencike ngokungazi kuzilawuli.

Ngokulahlekelwa inkumbulo nokulimala ekhanda, uWoz wahlala isikhathi esithile esibhedlela. Uchithe isikhathi esiningi sokululama kwakhe edlala imidlalo yevidiyo futhi enxenxa uzakwabo wangaphambili we-Homebrew Computer Club uDan Sokol ukuthi amshushumbisele i-pizza nama-milkshakes esibhedlela.

UWoz kancane kancane waqala ukucabanga ukushiya i-Apple ngokugcwele. Wabuyela enkampanini izikhathi eziningana kodwa waphinde wayishiya ekhungathekile ngemva kwesikhathi esithile. Ngobuchwepheshe, Wozniak namanje isisebenzi umdondoshiya Cupertino kuze kube yilolu suku, kodwa ngaleso sikhathi kancane kancane waqala ukugxila kwezinye izinto.

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