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Meet the Macintosh
On Jan. 24, 1984, a new computer company called Apple shook up the world of personal computers with the introduction of the Macintosh. A small but innovative machine, the first personal computer sold with the handy "mouse," the Macintosh was an instant hit, cementing Apple's place in the hyper-competitive personal computer market and the history of the home computing. Twenty-five years after the release of the Macintosh, the CBC Digital Archives brings you a brief look back on the early days of Apple and the Macintosh.
Topic photo of Macintosh computer courtesy of Apple Inc.
The origins of Apple
Broadcast Date: Nov. 22, 1987
In 1976, two scruffy young men tinkered away in a garage in Santa Clara, Calif., taking the first small steps in developing what would become a billion-dollar empire. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple computers that year from the humblest of beginnings. But in this 1987 report, Wozniak's parents recall seeing a grand destiny for the two entrepreneurs, even from the start.The origins of Apple
• Apple's first product, the Apple I, sold for US $666.66. Steve Wozniak has claimed he was unaware of the sinister implications of the number and just like the symmetry of the numbers.• Apple's IPO (Initial Public Offering, when a company's stocks are first offered to the public), took place on December 12, 1980. The stock was first available at US $22 a share. The huge demand drove the stock price up to $29 by the end of the day, making about 40 Apple employees into overnight millionaires.
• A one-time amateur pilot, Steve Wozniak crashed his private plane in February 1981 and suffered both retrograde and anterograde amnesia. The former is when a sufferer is unable to remember anything that occurred prior to an accident, the latter when their short-term memory cannot function. He could not recall the crash or even remember which day of the week it was. He recovered after five weeks.
The origins of Apple
Medium: Radio
Program: Sunday Morning
Broadcast Date: Nov. 22, 1987
Guest(s): Gerry Wozniak, Margaret Wozniak
Reporter: Bill Drummond
Duration: 2:30
Photo: Apple Inc.
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Jan. 23, 2009
Odd that a story about Mac's is built such that a Mac can not view it :-( . Stupid policy of CBC
Submitted by: Dean
Is it ironic that it's next to impossible to watch this on a modern Mac?
Submitted by: Jono