UMikhal Marek Umsunguli we-Apple u-Steve Wozniak kanye nomsunguli we-Atari uNolan Bushnell babambe iqhaza engxoxweni eyathatha ihora lonke engqungqutheleni yezobuchwepheshe ye-C2SV. Umcimbi wonke wenzeke eSan Jose, eCalifornia, futhi bobabili abahlanganyeli bakhulume ngezihloko eziningi. Ndawonye bakhumbula ngoSteve Jobs kanye nokuqala kwe-Apple.
Ingxoxo yaqala lapho uWozniak ekhumbula okokuqala ehlangana noNolan Bushnell. Ukwazana kwabo kwalamula uSteve Jobs, owazama ukungena enkampanini kaBushnell i-Atari.
Sengimazi uSteve Jobs isikhathi eside kakhulu. Ngolunye usuku ngabona i-Pong (omunye wemidlalo yokuqala yevidiyo, inothi ihhovisi lokuhlela) futhi ngasheshe ngabona ukuthi kwakufanele ngibe nento efana nale. Kwafika kimi ngokushesha ukuthi ngiyazi ukuthi ithelevishini isebenza kanjani, futhi ngiyakwazi ukuklama noma yini. Ngakho ngazakhela eyami iPong. Ngaleso sikhathi, uSteve wabuya e-Oregon, lapho ayefunda khona. Ngamkhombisa umsebenzi wami futhi uSteve wafuna ngokushesha ukuthi sihambe phambi kwabaphathi be-Atari futhi sifake isicelo somsebenzi lapho.
UWozniak wabe eselandisa ukubonga kwakhe okukhulu ngokuthi kwaqashwa Imisebenzi. Wayengeyena unjiniyela, ngakho kwadingeka ahlabe umxhwele ngempela uBushnell no-Al Alcorn, abahlongoze iPong, futhi abonise umdlandla wakhe. U-Bushnell wavuma ngekhanda ku-Wozniak futhi wengeza ingxenye yakhe yendaba mayelana nendlela Imisebenzi eza kuye ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa emsebenzini futhi wakhononda ngokwesaba ukuthi akekho e-Atari ongathengisa.
Imisebenzi yathi ngaleso sikhathi: Iqembu elinjalo alikwazi ukusebenza ngaphandle kokwehluleka ngisho namasonto ambalwa. Kufanele uphakamise umdlalo wakho kancane. Ngabe sengimbuza ukuthi angandiza yini. Waphendula ukuthi kunjalo.
Mayelana nale ndaba, u-Wozniak ukhulume ukuthi ngesikhathi besebenza ndawonye e-Atari, Imisebenzi yayihlale izama ukugwema ukuhlanganisa izintambo futhi ikhetha ukuxhuma izintambo ngokumane iwagoqe nge-adhesive tape.
Kamuva, ingxoxo yaphendukela ekuntulekeni kwenhloko-dolobha ezinsukwini zokuqala zeSilicon Valley, futhi bobabili uWozniak noBushnell bakhumbula ngokulangazelela isimo ngaleso sikhathi kanye nezenzakalo ezizungeze ikhompyutha ye-Apple I, i-Atari futhi, isibonelo, i-Commodore. U-Wozniak ukhumbule ukuthi babezama kanjani ukuthola abatshalizimali ngesikhathi esibalulekile, futhi uBushnell waphendula ngokuthi wayefuna ukuba ngumuntu ozotshala imali ku-Apple. Ngokushesha uWozniak wamkhumbuza ukuthi kwakungafanele anqabe iziphakamiso u-Apple ayezinikeze ngaleso sikhathi.
Sithumele isipho sethu kukho kokubili i-Commodore ne-Al Alcorn. Kodwa ubumatasa kakhulu nge-Pong ezayo futhi ugxile ezigidini zamadola iphrojekthi yakho eza nayo. Uthe awunaso isikhathi sokubhekana nekhompyutha.
Laba bobabili babe sebephikisana ngokuthi ukunikezwa kwasekuqaleni kwakubukeka kanjani ngaleso sikhathi. UBushnell uthe ukuthengwa kwe-$50 kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu ye-Apple. U-Wozniak akavumanga, ethi ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyisivumelwano esingaba khona esingabiza amadola ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ambalwa, isigxobo sika-Apple ku-Atari kanye nelungelo labo lokuqhuba umsebenzi. Kodwa-ke, umsunguli we-Apple ekugcineni uvumile ukuthi ubekude nokwaziswa ngazo zonke izinhloso zebhizinisi likaSteve Jobs. Uphinde walandisa ngokumangala kwakhe okukhulu lapho ezwa ukuthi uJobs wayezama ukuqola u-Commodore u-$000.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, uBushnell wancoma i-Wozniak ngokuklama i-Apple II, ephawula ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezikhala eziyisishiyagalombili zokunweba kwabonakala kuwumbono obona kude. U-Wozniak waphendula ngokuthi u-Apple wayengenazo izinhlelo zento enjalo, kodwa yena ngokwakhe waphikelela ngenxa yomphefumulo wakhe we-geek.
Ekugcineni, bobabili bakhuluma ngamandla nothando lukaSteve Jobs osemusha, ephawula ukuthi izincwadi namamuvi azayo kufanele abhekane nalesi sihloko. Kodwa-ke, uWozniak uveze ukuthi ukuthanda kukaJobs kanye nokuqina komsebenzi wakhe kube yimbangela yokuhluleka okuthile. Okungukuthi, singasho iphrojekthi ye-Lisa noma ukuqala kwephrojekthi ye-Macintosh. Ukwengeza kancane isineke kuthiwa kwenze iJobs yazuza kakhulu kulokho kuqina nothando.
