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IWoz

[computer Geek to Cult Icon : How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It]
Wozniak, Steve (Audiobook on MP3 CD - 2006)
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IWoz


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The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards

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The mastermind behind Apple sheds his low profile and steps forward to tell his story for the first time. Before cell phones that fit in the palm of your hand and slim laptops that fit snugly into briefcases, computers were like strange, alien vending machines. They had cryptic switches, punch cards and pages of encoded output. But in 1975, a young engineering wizard named Steve Wozniak had an idea: What if you combined computer circuitry with a regular typewriter keyboard and a video screen? The result was the first true personal computer, the Apple I, a widely affordable machine that anyone could understand and figure out how to use. Wozniak's life-before and after Apple-is a "home-brew" mix of brilliant discovery and adventure, as an engineer, a concert promoter, a fifth-grade teacher, a philanthropist, and an irrepressible prankster. From the invention of the first personal computer to the rise of Apple as an industry giant, iWoz presents a no-holds-barred, rollicking,

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Author: Wozniak, Steve
Title: iWoz
[computer geek to cult icon : how I invented the personal computer, co-founded Apple, and had fun doing it]
[sound recording]
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
Alternate Title: i Woz
Additional Contributors: Smith, Gina
Lawlor, Patrick G.
Imprint: Old Saybrook, CT - Tantor Media, Inc
ISBN: 140015328X, 9781400153282
Language: English
Performers: Read by Patrick Lawlor
Notes: Unabridged
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Compact disc, MP3 format
System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software
Statement of responsibility: Steve Wozniak with Gina Smith
Characteristics: 1 sound disc (9 hr.) :,digital ;,4 3/4 in
Author (Original Script): Wozniak, Steve
Library Identifier 1500653
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