Amaya Toman Ngo-Ephreli 17, 1977, i-Apple yethula ikhompyutha yayo yakwa-Apple II emphakathini okokuqala ngqa. Lokhu kwenzeke okokuqala ngqa e-West Coast Computer Faire, futhi sizokhumbula lo mcimbi esitolimendeni sanamuhla sochungechunge lomlando wakwa-Apple.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Njengoba sazi sonke, ikhompuyutha yokuqala eyaphuma enkampanini yakwa-Apple eyayisanda kusungulwa ngaleso sikhathi kwaba i-Apple I. Kodwa owayilandela, i-Apple II, kwakuyikhompuyutha yokuqala eyayihloselwe ukudayisa ngobuningi. Yayifakwe i-chassis ekhangayo, umklamo wayo owawuvela ku-workshop kaJerry Manock, umklami we-Macintosh yokuqala. Ifike nekhibhodi, enikeza ukuhambisana nolimi lokuhlela lwe-BASIC, futhi esinye sezici zayo eziheha kakhulu kwakuyizithombe ezinemibala.
Ngenxa yamakhono kaSteve Jobs okukhangisa nokuxoxisana, kube nokwenzeka ukuhlela ukuthi i-Apple II yethulwe embukisweni oshiwo ngenhla we-West Coast Computer Faire. Ngo-April 1977, i-Apple yayisizuze amaphuzu ambalwa abalulekile. Isibonelo, inkampani yabhekana nokuhamba komunye wabasunguli bayo, yakhulula ikhompuyutha yayo yokuqala, futhi yathola isimo senkampani edayiswa esidlangalaleni. Kodwa akakabi naso isikhathi sokwakha igama elikhulu ngokwanele ukuze akwazi ukwenza ngaphandle kosizo lwangaphandle lapho ephromotha ikhompuyutha yakhe yesibili. Amagama amaningi amakhulu embonini yamakhompiyutha ahambele lo mbukiso ngaleso sikhathi, futhi kwakuyimibukiso neminye imicimbi efanayo lapho enkathini yangaphambi kwe-inthanethi emele ithuba elingcono kakhulu labakhiqizi nabathengisi abaningi ukuthi bazikhangise.
Igalari yezithombe
Ngaphezu kwekhompyutha ye-Apple II, i-Apple iphinde yethula uphawu lwayo olusha lwenkampani, oluklanywe nguRob Janoff, kulo mbukiso oshiwo. Kwakuwumfanekiso owaziwayo manje we-apula olunyiwe, owathatha indawo yophawu olunemininingwane kakhudlwana luka-Isaac Newton ehlezi ngaphansi kwesihlahla - umbhali welogo yokuqala kwakunguRonald Wayne. Idokodo lika-Apple embukisweni lalikhona ngaphesheya komnyango omkhulu wesakhiwo. Lesi bekuyisikhundla esinamasu kakhulu, ngenxa yokuthi imikhiqizo yakwa-Apple empeleni bekuyinto yokuqala eyabonwa izivakashi ngemuva kokungena. Inkampani yayingenzi kahle ngokwezimali ngaleso sikhathi, ngakho yayingenayo ngisho nemali yesitendi esihlotshiswe kabusha futhi kwakudingeka yenze isibonisi se-Plexiglas esinophawu olukhanyayo lwe-apula elilunyiwe. Ekugcineni, lesi sixazululo esilula saba ubuhlakani futhi sadonsa ukunaka kwezivakashi eziningi. Ikhompyutha ye-Apple II yagcina isiwumthombo omuhle kakhulu wemali engenayo yenkampani. Ngonyaka wokukhishwa kwayo, ithole i-Apple izinkulungwane zamaRandi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-770, ngonyaka olandelayo yayingamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-7,9 futhi ngonyaka owalandela lokho kwase kungamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-49.
