Petr Škuta Nakuba bambalwa kakhulu abantu abakwazi ukuthenga ikhompuyutha yoqobo ye-Apple I kulezi zinsuku, izikhwama zethu zingakwazi ukuphatha ukulingisa okusebenzayo ngendlela yekhithi. Ibukeka kanjani?
Enye yamakhompiyutha ambalwa asasebenza e-Apple I isanda kuthengiswa nge-$471 (iguqulwe yaba imiqhele engaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-11). Bambalwa kithi abangakwazi ukuthenga into enjalo yomqoqi. Noma kunjalo, kunabantu abaningi abangathanda ukwazi ikhompyutha ye-Apple I eduze kakhulu.
Umlando wale khompuyutha uhlehlela emuva ku-1976, lapho u-Steve Wozniak eyidala njengephrojekthi ngaphakathi kwe-Homebrew Computer Club. Wayefuna ukukhombisa ozakwabo ukuthi ikhompuyutha esebenzayo ingahlanganiswa kusuka ezingxenyeni ezingabizi kakhulu.
USteve Jobs ujabule ngendalo yakhe, kanjalo namanye amalungu eqembu. Wasungula ukuthi bangathengisa ikhompuyutha enikeziwe kubo bonke abathanda. Ngakho kwazalwa i-Apple Computer, inkampani namuhla ebizwa nge-Apple futhi ekhiqiza imikhiqizo edume umhlaba wonke.
Ikhithi enesoftware yokuqala kaSteve Wozniak
Inkampani yakwaSmartyKit manje izama ukubuyisela inkazimulo yekhompuyutha ngekhithi yayo elingisa i-Apple I. Nokho, ngokungafani neyasekuqaleni, awudingi ukuthenga i-solder nezinye izesekeli zikagesi. Ikhithi ihlanganisa i-motherboard kanye nezintambo ezigcwele. Ungakwazi ukuhlanganisa ikhompuyutha emahoreni ambalwa futhi ungakwazi ukuyixhuma kukhibhodi yangaphandle nge-PS/2 kanye ne-TV ngevidiyo ngaphandle.
Igalari yezithombe
Ukwenza ukulingisa kusondele nakakhulu kokwasekuqaleni, ikhompuyutha isebenzisa isofthiwe yoqobo kaSteve Wozniak. Yiqiniso, akulona uhlelo lokusebenza olugcwele, kodwa kunalokho uhlelo lokufunda idatha ememori nokuyihambisa.
Ikhompyutha yokuqala ibize u-$666,66. Kwakuyimali eningi ngalezo zikhathi. I-SmartyKit igqugquzelwe, ngenhlanhla kuphela izinombolo. I-Apple I knockoff izotholakala ngo-$66,66. Kodwa-ke, akuqiniseki ukuthi izothengiswa yini eYurophu.
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Umthombo: ICultOfMac
