Libor Kubín Abathathu bakaSteve Jobs, uSteve Wozniak kanye noRonald Gerald Wayne basungula i-Apple Inc. ngo-Ephreli 1, 1976. Akekho owayazi ukuthi uguquko olucashile lwase luqalile ukwenzeka olwashintsha umhlaba wonke. Ngalowo nyaka, ikhompyutha yomuntu siqu yokuqala yahlanganiswa egalaji.
Umfana owayefuna ikhompuyutha ezoshintsha umhlaba
Uqanjwe ngegama elithi The Woz, Wonderful Wizard of Woz, iWoz, omunye uSteve noma ubuchopho buka-Apple. UStephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak wazalwa ngo-August 11, 1950 eSan Jose, eCalifornia. Ubelokhu ebambe iqhaza kwezobuchwepheshe kusukela esemncane. Ubaba uJerry wasekela indodana yakhe efuna ukwazi ngezithakazelo zakhe futhi wamfaka ezimfihlo zokuphikisa, ama-diode nezinye izingxenye ze-electronic. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nanye, uSteve Wozniak wafunda ngekhompyutha ye-ENIAC futhi wayifuna. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukhiqiza umsakazo wakhe wokuqala ongafundile futhi uthole nelayisensi yokusakaza. Wakha i-transistor calculator eneminyaka eyishumi nantathu futhi wathola umklomelo wayo wokuqala emphakathini kagesi wesikole samabanga aphezulu (aba ngumongameli wawo). Ngawo lowo nyaka, wakha ikhompiyutha yakhe yokuqala. Bekungenzeka ukudlala oshekhasi kuyo.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, uWoz wabhalisa eNyuvesi yaseColorado, kodwa washeshe waxoshwa. Waqala ukwakha ikhompiyutha egaraji nomngane wakhe uBill Fernandez. Uyibize ngeCream Soda Computer kanti uhlelo lubhalwe ekhadini le-punch. Le khompyutha ingashintsha umlando. Ngaphandle uma kunjalo, ifinyeziwe yashiswa ngesikhathi yethulwa intatheli yendawo.
Ngokusho kwenye inguqulo, u-Wozniak wahlangana no-Jobs Fernandez ngo-1970. Enye inganekwane isitshela ngomsebenzi ohlangene ehlobo enkampanini ye-Hewlett-Packard. U-Wozniak usebenze lapha ku-mainframe.
Ibhokisi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka
Ibhizinisi lokuqala elihlanganyelwe likaWozniak neMisebenzi laqalwa isihloko esithi Imfihlo Yebhokisi Eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Umagazini i-Esquire wayishicilela ngo-Okthoba 1971. Kwakufanele kube inganekwane, kodwa empeleni kwakungaphezu kwencwadi ebhalwe ngekhodi. Wayematasatasa ngokumemeza - ukugebenga izinhlelo zefoni nokwenza izingcingo zamahhala. UJohn Draper wathola ukuthi ngosizo lwempempe egcwele ama-flakes ezingane, ungakwazi ukulingisa iphimbo elibonisa ukuwisa uhlamvu lwemali ocingweni. Ngenxa yalokhu, kwakungenzeka ukushayela umhlaba wonke mahhala. Lokhu "kutholakala" kwamthakazelisa u-Wozniak, futhi yena noDraper bakha i-generator yabo yethoni. Abaqambi babazi ukuthi bahamba emaphethelweni omthetho. Bahlomisa amabhokisi ngesici sokuphepha - iswishi kanye nomazibuthe. Uma kwenzeka ukubanjwa okuseduze, i-magnet isusiwe futhi amathoni ahlanekezelwe. UWozniak utshele amakhasimende akhe ukuthi enze sengathi yibhokisi lomculo nje. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho uJobs ekhombisa khona ubuhlakani bakhe kwezamabhizinisi. Wathengisa ezindlini zokulala zaseBerkeley Ibhokisi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngama- $150.
Ngesinye isikhathi, uWozniak wasebenzisa ibhokisi elithi Blue ukuze abize iVatican. Wazethula ngokuthi Henry Kissinger wabe esefuna inhlolokhono noPapa owayelele ngaleso sikhathi.
Ukusuka kumshini wokubala kuya ku-apula
UWoz uthole umsebenzi eHewlett-Packard. Eminyakeni ka-1973-1976, waklama izibali zephakethe zokuqala ze-HP 35 kanye ne-HP 65. Maphakathi nawo-70, uba khona emihlanganweni yanyanga zonke yabathandi bama-computer e-Homebrew Computers Club edumile. Insizwa engenile, enoboya ngokushesha iba nedumela lokuba uchwepheshe ongaxazulula noma iyiphi inkinga. Unethalente elikabili: ulawula kokubili ukwakheka kwehadiwe kanye nezinhlelo zesoftware.
Imisebenzi ibisebenzela u-Atari kusukela ngo-1974 njengomklami wegeyimu. Wenza i-Woz isipho futhi okuyinselelo enkulu. U-Atari uthembisa umklomelo ka-$750 kanye nebhonasi ka-$100 kuyo yonke i-IC elondolozwe ebhodini. U-Wozniak akalalanga ezinsukwini ezine. Inganciphisa inani eliphelele lamasekhethi ngezingcezu ezingamashumi amahlanu (kuze kube amashumi amane nambili angakholeki ngokuphelele). Umklamo wawuhlangene kodwa uyinkimbinkimbi. Kuyinkinga ukuthi i-Atari ikhiqize ngobuningi lawa mabhodi. Nalapha futhi izinganekwane ziyahlukana. Ngokusho kwenguqulo yokuqala, u-Atari wenza iphutha kwinkontileka futhi i-Woz ithola kuphela u-$750. Inguqulo yesibili ithi Imisebenzi ithola umvuzo we-$ 5000, kodwa ikhokha kuphela u-Wozniak ingxenye ethenjisiwe - $ 375.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Wozniak ayinayo ikhompyutha etholakalayo, ngakho uthenga isikhathi kumakhompiyutha amancane ku-Call Computer. Iqhutshwa ngu-Alex Kamradt. Amakhompiyutha ayexhunywe ngawo kusetshenziswa itheyiphu yephepha epunched, okuphumayo kwakuphuma kuphrinta eshisayo yaseTexas Instruments Silent 700. Kodwa kwakungelula. UWoz wabona itheminali yekhompiyutha kumagazini i-Popular Electronics, waphefumulelwa futhi wenza eyakhe. Yayiveza kuphela izinhlamvu ezingosonhlamvukazi, izinhlamvu ezingamashumi amane emugqeni ngamunye, nemigqa engamashumi amabili nane. I-Kamradt ibone amandla kulawa matheminali evidiyo, yayala i-Wozniak ukuthi idizayine idivayisi. Kamuva wathengisa ezimbalwa ngenkampani yakhe.
Ukuduma okukhulayo kwamakhompiyutha amancane amasha, njenge-Altair 8800 ne-IMSAI, kukhuthaze i-Wozniak. Wacabanga ukwakha i-microprocessor endaweni yokugcina, kodwa inkinga yayisenanini. I-Intel 179 ibize u-$8080 kuthi iMotorola 170 (ayincamele) ibize u-$6800. Kodwa-ke, iphrosesa yayingaphezu kwamandla ezezimali oshicileli osemusha, ngakho wasebenza kuphela ngepensela nephepha.
Ukuphumelela kwafika ngo-1975. I-MOS Technology yaqala ukuthengisa i-microprocessor engu-6502 ngamadola angu-25. Yayifana kakhulu nephrosesa ye-Motorola 6800 njengoba yaklanywa ithimba lokuthuthukisa elifanayo. U-Woz wabhala ngokushesha inguqulo entsha ye-BASIC ye-chip yekhompyutha. Ekupheleni kuka-1975, uqedela i-prototype ye-Apple I Isethulo sokuqala sise-Homebrew Computers Club. USteve Jobs uzifela ngekhompyutha kaWozniak. Bobabili bayavuma ukuqala inkampani ezokhiqiza futhi idayise amakhompyutha.
NgoJanuwari 1976, u-Hewlett-Packard wanikela ngokukhiqiza nokudayisa i-Apple I ngama- $800, kodwa wenqatshwa. Inkampani ayifuni ukuba sengxenyeni yemakethe enikeziwe. Ngisho no-Atari, lapho kusebenza khona Imisebenzi, akanasithakazelo.
Ngo-April 1, uSteve Jobs, uSteve Wozniak noRonald Gerald Wayne bathola i-Apple Inc. Kodwa uWayne uyayishiya inkampani ngemuva kwezinsuku eziyishumi nambili. Ngo-Ephreli, uWozniak ushiya i-Hewlett-Packard. Uthengisa umshini wokubala wakhe siqu we-HP 65 kanye Nomsebenzi ikhumbi yakhe yakwaVolkswagen, futhi bahlanganisa imali yokuqala engu-$1300.
Izinsiza: www.forbes.com, wikipedia.org, ed-thelen.org a www.stevejobs.info
Kuhle kakhulu; inini ingxenye yesibili?
Lokhu ukufunda okuhle ngempela….. Ngiyabonga :-)
Ngiyazi imnandi indaba, nginencwadi ekhuluma nge-iWoz ekhaya futhi imnandi kakhulu
Kubhalwe kahle, ngiyabonga.
Ngincoma ukubuka ifilimu iPirates of Silicon Valley. Ixoxa ngokuqala kwe-Apple (kanye neMicrosoft).
Ku-Honza: Psst, ungavezi! Lokho kuzoba sengxenyeni yesibili.
Isihloko esihle kakhulu, ngiyabonga
Ngakho-ke ayikho ingxenye elandelayo?