In 1971, 16-year-old and 21-year-old Steve Jobs Steve Wozniak (2 Steve) were friends and get to know. In 1976, Jobs persuaded Wozniak while assembling the machine more Naqu sell their another friend, Luo Weien (Ron Wayne) also joined, three in the April 1, 1976 to form Apple Computer Inc. .
In the same year in May, Jobs and a local computer store The Byte Shop to negotiate, the responsible person said that if this computer only interested in fully assembled. Owner Paul Tyrell (Paul Terrell) to consider more long-term, he would like to order 50, and delivery to pay each 0. Obtained the order, in preparation for funding, to sell their fund-raising all kinds of valuable things (like computers and a Volkswagen van). Steve Jobs to large-scale electronic components distributors Cramer Electronics ordering spare parts, shop credit manager asked Jobs how to checkout, he said: “I have a Byte Shop provides 50 computers to my orders, payment terms cash on delivery, if you give me 30-day payment period, I can assemble a computer within the payment period is good, delivery to the Tyrrell and then paid accounts. “That’s the manager who was calling the Pacific Ocean Shulin City IEEE Computer attending the seminar Tyrrell queries, surprised at the tenacity Jobs, Tyrrell to the manager, Steve Jobs did say that if the deliver orders to his words, Steve Jobs certainly have enough money to pay. Three of them with two friends to borrow Jobs family garage day and night to assemble and test a marathon at last delivery before the deadline to the Tyrrell, Tyrrell was also the case promised to pay to the Job Sri Lanka made him pay part of the bill, but also make a handsome lean to celebrate, and reserved for the use of capital.
This was later named Apple I computer has several notable features. At that time most of the computer does not display, Apple I have to television as a monitor. As compared with the subsequent display, Apple I’s display can only display 60 characters per second slow. In addition, the host ROM includes guide (Bootstrap) code, which makes it easier to start. Finally, as Paul Tyrrell’s insistence, Watts has also designed a program for loading and storage of cassette tape interface, to 1200 / s high-speed operation. Although the Apple I design is fairly simple, but it is still a masterpiece, but at the same level than in other parts of the hosts need to use less, so that Watts has won the design master’s reputation. Apple I eventually produced a total of 200.
Ci Yi, the Wards have successfully designed more advanced than the Apple I the Apple II. Jobs would like to expand to the company’s bank loans, but Wayne risky investment because of failure of four years ago led to the psychological shadows and dropped out. Apple Computer was the lack of funding. Jobs Last encounte ( “Mike” Markkula), injection of 92 thousand U.S. dollars and and Steve Jobs co-signed a 25-million in bank loans in January 1977, Apple Computer Inc. officially registered as ‘Apple Computer Co., Ltd.’. Own funds and the new design in hand, the same year in April, Apple II, in its first West Coast Computer Fair (West Coast Computer Fair) for the first time available.
Apple II and Apple I the biggest difference including the re-design of TV interface, the display into memory, this not only help to show in simple language, but also images, and even color display. But also an improved case and keyboard. Apple II was widely acclaimed in the computer industry to create a home computer market, products have been sold to the 1980s hundreds of millions of dollars. Apple II family produced a number of different models, including the Apple IIe and IIgs, these two computers until the late 1990s, can still be found in many schools.
When the apple market in 1980, they attract more than the funds available in 1956, after Ford’s initial public offering of shares of any company (IPO) to be more than any in the history of the company has created more millionaires. Within five years, the company entered the world’s 500 strong, was the fastest recorded.