Eventually about Apple I computers were produced in total. During the design stage, Jobs argued that the Apple II should have two expansion slots, while Wozniak wanted eight. After a heated argument, during which Wozniak threatened that Jobs should 'go get himself another computer', they decided to go with eight slots. It became one of the first highly successful mass-produced personal computers in the world. Wozniak also designed the Disk II floppy disk drive, released in specifically for use with the Apple II series to replace the slower cassette tape storage.
In , Apple went public to instant and significant financial profitability, making Jobs and Wozniak both millionaires. According to Wozniak, the Apple III 'had percent hardware failures', and that the primary reason for these failures was that the system was designed by Apple's marketing department, unlike Apple's previous engineering-driven projects.
During the early design and development phase of the original Macintosh, Wozniak had a heavy influence over the project. Later named the 'Macintosh k', it would become the first mass-market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse. The Macintosh would also go on to introduce the desktop publishing industry with the addition of the Apple LaserWriter, the first laser printer to feature vector graphics. In a interview, Wozniak said that in , 'Steve really took over the project when I had a plane crash and wasn't there.
The airplane stalled while climbing, then bounced down the runway, broke through two fences, and crashed into an embankment. Wozniak sustained severe face and head injuries, including losing a tooth, and also suffered for the following five weeks from anterograde amnesia, the inability to create new memories. He had no memory of the crash, and did not remember his name while in the hospital or the things he did for a time after he was released.
He would later state that Apple II computer games were what helped him regain his memory. The National Transportation Safety Board investigation report cited premature liftoff and pilot inexperience as probable causes of the crash.
Wozniak did not immediately return to Apple after recovering from the airplane crash, seeing it as a good reason to leave. Infinite Loop characterized this time: 'Coming out of the semi-coma had been like flipping a reset switch in Woz's brain. It was as if in his thirty-year old body he had regained the mind he'd had at eighteen before all the computer madness had begun.
And when that happened, Woz found he had little interest in engineering or design. Rather, in an odd sort of way, he wanted to start over fresh. Because his name was well known at this point, he enrolled under the name Rocky Raccoon Clark, which is the name listed on his diploma, although he did not officially receive his degree in electrical engineering and computer science until In May and , Wozniak, with help from professional concert promoter Bill Graham, founded the company Unuson, an abbreviation of 'unite us in song', which sponsored two US Festivals, with 'US' pronounced like the pronoun, not as initials.
Initially intended to celebrate evolving technologies, the festivals ended up as a technology exposition and a rock festival as a combination of music, computers, television, and people. After losing several million dollars on the festival, Wozniak stated that unless the event turned a profit, he would end his involvement with rock festivals and get back to designing computers.
Later that year, Wozniak returned to Apple product development, desiring no more of a role than that of an engineer and a motivational factor for the Apple workforce. Starting in the mids, as the Macintosh experienced slow but steady growth, Apple's corporate leadership, including Steve Jobs, increasingly disrespected its flagship cash cow Apple II series—and Wozniak along with it.
The Apple II division—other than Wozniak—was not invited to the Macintosh introduction event, and Wozniak was seen kicking the dirt in the parking lot. Final departure from Apple workforce Even with the success he had helped to create at Apple, Wozniak believed that the company was hindering him from being who he wanted to be, and that it was 'the bane of his existence'.
He enjoyed engineering, not management, and said that he missed 'the fun of the early days'. As other talented engineers joined the growing company, he no longer believed he was needed there, and by early , Wozniak left Apple again, stating that the company had 'been going in the wrong direction for the last five years'. He then sold most of his stock. The Apple II platform financially carried the company well into the Macintosh era of the late s; it was made semi-portable with the Apple IIc of , was extended, with some input from Wozniak, by the bit Apple IIGS of , and was discontinued altogether in Post-Apple career After his career at Apple, Wozniak founded CL 9 in , which developed and brought the first programmable universal remote control to market in , dubbed the 'CORE'.
Beyond engineering, Wozniak's second lifelong goal had always been to teach elementary school because of the important role teachers play in students' lives. Eventually, he did teach computer classes to children from the fifth through ninth grades, and teachers as well.
Unuson continued to support this, funding additional teachers and equipment. In , Wozniak founded Wheels of Zeus to create wireless GPS technology to 'help everyday people find everyday things much more easil'y. In , he joined the board of directors of Ripcord Networks, Inc.
Later the same year he joined the board of directors of Danger, Inc. In , Wheels of Zeus was closed, and Wozniak founded Acquicor Technology, a holding company for acquiring technology companies and developing them, with Apple alumni Hancock and Amelio.
From through he was chief scientist at Fusion-io. In he became chief scientist at Primary Data, which was founded by some former Fusion-io executives. Only you can edit stories and photos. Have a question or searching for answers?
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Steve Wozniak, aka "Woz", is best remembered as being co-founder of Apple in , but he is also an extremely talented electronics engineer and programmer, big time philanthropist especially with education and entrepreneur. Everyone who knows him in Silicon Valley holds Woz in high respect due to his kind nature, sense of humor and care for humanity.
Moriah Lodge He has three children with his ex-wife Candice Clark married from June 13th, and of course many of us know of his relationship with actress Kathy Griffin. His mother Margaret said that she had intended his name to be spelled "Stephen", so to rectify the situation he just goes by "Steve".
He began working with Steven Paul Jobs to form Apple in He was the lead with designing the Apple II which was introduced in and was the one of, if not the, first successfully mass-produced computers. So if you're reading this right now, you have Woz, in part, to thank! Share your memories, stories, and photos so that Stephen is always remembered. Update bio graphy. What's this?
Stephen's biography. Steve Wozniak Most commonly known as. Stephen Gary Wozniak Full name. Male Gender. COM View birth records. The name "Wozniak" seems to originate from Ukraine, although it may also be of Polish descent.
Silicon Valley born and raised. Specifically, he has lived in San Jose and Los Gatos much of his life. He has ambitions to eventually live in Melbourne Australia. He built a beautiful home at Santa Rosa Dr. Steve attended the University of Colorado Boulder briefly, but was quickly expelled his first year after being caught hacking the computer system and sending prank messages on it. It was actually at Berkeley where Woz designed and built his first computer using a punch card and donated chips which they fondly named "Cream Soda".
Like many technology entrepreneurs, Woz dropped out of college before completing his studies and going to work. He did go back to Berkeley in for his degree under the name "Rocky Raccoon Clark" which is the name listed on his diploma. Was Stephen baptized? Steven Paul Jobs was also working at HP at the time and the two Steves were introduced by a mutual friend. The two began working together immediately and designed then sold approx 'blue boxes' which enabled the users to make free long distance phone calls.
Steven Paul Jobs was quoted as saying had it not been for these blue boxes that "there wouldn't have been an Apple. Fast forward two years later, and in Wozniak began working on the computer Apple I which would form Apple. He was the first to have data display on a TV screen generated by a home computer. His leveraged this accomplishment to gather interest and inspire members of the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto.
Side note: This club is largely credited for establishing the microcomputer industry. Towards the end of the 1st quarter in , Wozniak had personally designed the Apple I including the hardware, circuit board AND operating system.
So both hardware and software. He offered to sell this design to HP but the company denied his offer. Boy, was that foolish! Jobs recognized the opportunity and together with Woz they sold some of their possessions to fund the beginnings of their new venture which would become Apple. The "Apple Computer Company" was officially formed on April 1st with the intent of selling computer components. The world needs inventors - great ones. You can be one. If you love what you do and are willing to do what it really takes, it's within your reach.
And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise. Wozniak describes his impetus for joining the Freemasons as being able to spend more time with his then-wife, Alice Robertson, who belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star, associated with the Masons. Wozniak has said that he quickly rose to a third-degree Freemason because, whatever he does, he tries to do well.
He was initiated in at Charity Lodge No. Moriah Lodge No. In Wozniak sat at the wheel of a small aircraft and was seriously injured when it crashed on the runway. He sustained a number of head injuries that temporarily affected his short-term memory, but he bounced back. According to his autobiography, iWoz, the Apple II computer games are what helped him regain his memory.
He says that he takes his Segway almost everywhere with him. He is also a self-proclaimed prankster and is one of the first people to Photoshop something for the sake of a joke. In the 90s, Woz submitted so many high scores of the classic Gameboy game Tetris to Nintendo Power magazine that they eventually refused to print them. So, Woz began sending them under the name "Evets Kainzow. Bernie Sanders. Victor Appleton, Harriet Adams. Segway polo, swimming. Wozniak was first married to Alice Robertson in Their relationship did not work for the better and later ended in Two years later, he married the athlete, Candice Clark, on June 13, It was Steve who filed for their divorce that was finalized in From to he was married to Suzanne Mulkern.
Many years after his failed marriages it was rumored that Steve was dating the actress Kathy Griffin. They were first seen at the Emmy Awards. They were seen multiple times in public after that including the Silicon Valley Fur Ball to which they became the King and Queen of the Humane Society on April 05, They were later reported to have broken up in June In August , just a few months after the confirmation of his breakup with Kathie, Steve got married to Janet Hill.
To this day, he and Janet are still happy together. Wozniak's father was an engineer for Lockheed and always inspired his son's curiosity for learning with a few science fair projects. He gave Steve his first crystal set at the age of 6.
Janet Hill and Steve Wozniak kept their marriage secret. The couple married in August and the marriage held in a secret place where no friends or relatives invited for the marriage.
Wozniak and Alice first met through a phone conversation. Steve Wozniak was started Dial-a-Joke service. People call for that to hear a joke that is how Alice and Wozniak talked the first time and later they married in January of However, the couple got divorced after 4 years of their marriage in Alice got one-third of Wozniak's Apple stock in a divorce settlement which quickly grew into a fortune.
Wozniak and Candice Clark both survived the Airplane crash and it was Candice who helped Woz to recover from his short-term memory loss due to Plane crash. Candi and Steve Wozniak first met during a water fight game at Apple and the couple started dating from then. The couple got married in and they have 3 children together, however, the couple got divorced in Steve Wozniak again married in to his childhood friend. He and Suzanne Mulkern were the schoolmates of his seventh grade.
They met again in and married. Suzanne was a lawyer. By the time they met, Suzanne is the mother of three children, and Wozniak also has three children with his second wife. After 14 years of marriage, Wozniak filed for divorce and they separated in After seeing her stand-up performance in Saratoga, California, Wozniak began dating comedian Kathy Griffin. Together, they attended the Emmy Awards, and subsequently made many appearances on the fourth season of her show Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.
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