How Steve Wozniak Brought Color to Personal Computers

by admin on March 14, 2010


Complete video at: fora.tv Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recalls the moment he stumbled upon the idea of how to put color into personal computers. The inspiration came during a sleepless four-day and four-night design session while building the Atari game Breakout. “That was probably one of the biggest things Apple ever did,” he says. —– Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and philanthropist in conversation at the Discovery Forum 2010 with Emmy-award winning journalist Dana King from CBS 5 Eyewitness News. Renowned technology pioneer Steve Wozniak speaks to the importance of hands-on learning and encouraging creativity, and how the Bay Area Discovery Museum is a critical resource for preparing children for the challenges of the 21st century. The Discovery Forum serves to increase awareness about the importance of childhood creativity, and raises support for the Museum’s educational exhibitions and programs. – Bay Area Discovery Museum A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wheels of Zeus (woz), helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Steve was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed America’s leading innovators. In 2000 Steve was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded

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Youzarzif March 14, 2010 at 8:56 pm

@alkapone187 don’t know what that has to do with my comment but hey..too bad you haven’t got any pussy yet..there is still chance..if ur not a walrus like him! and no, girls don’t give pussy to a walrus like him..you should know, better than anyone!

alkapone187 March 14, 2010 at 9:45 pm

@Youzarzif yeah so, he probably gotten more pussy then you can ever get in all your life.

Youzarzif March 14, 2010 at 9:53 pm

He looks like a walrus…

rob92376 March 14, 2010 at 10:23 pm

he is racist against microsoft colors.

Berus777 March 14, 2010 at 10:49 pm

Steve Wozniak is sexy. There. I said it.

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Wickedgardengtp March 15, 2010 at 12:01 am

@ericcox2

Tandy had Personal color computers in 1964? I don’t think so.

Punkstermom March 15, 2010 at 12:50 am

Affordable color computer is what apple invented.

RJLeffmann March 15, 2010 at 1:24 am

ericcox2,

No, the Apple II had color 3 years before the Tandy CoCo.

ericcox2 March 15, 2010 at 2:12 am

Uhhhm, hey Steve?

Tandy Color Computer had color 13 years before you.

Thought you should know.

Paxmax March 15, 2010 at 2:29 am

LOL! yeah, the Håkan Lans battle continues… It’s crazy. But I think Apple actually paid their licenses in the beginning.

janus69tube March 15, 2010 at 3:12 am

But what about Håkan Lans then?

lAuthenticl March 15, 2010 at 3:43 am

Thanks Steve for selling your founder stock to the team. Jobs u greedy twat.

m0nkeybl1tz March 15, 2010 at 4:19 am

Does anyone know the mechanics of what Woz is talking about? Is he saying that he physically manipulated the light waves coming out of the monitor or what?

sn1pe352 March 15, 2010 at 4:31 am

Its the same reason why people who are normally not funny are able to be amazing comedians i the morning when they first wake up and usually why people laugh alot when they first wake up, when the EGO is asleep we begin to use our own natural and spontaneous intuitions creatively which is what ends up making futuristic changes, this is also very important in understanding “WHat” light really is considering the AM-FM modulations created by this information in a circle as he calls it

baconboy7227 March 15, 2010 at 5:08 am

Well Job’s didn’t leave, he was pushed out by the CEO of Apple, John Sculley, for being too strict and demanding too much of his employees. After Jobs was pushed out, Gates saw the opportunity to become big-dog in the computing world, and released Windows 3, basically a copy of Job’s original OS. At this point, Jobs was on to better things at his start-up company, Nextstep, and couldn’t really do anything about Gate’s theft.

Truthiness231 March 15, 2010 at 5:59 am

@baconboy7227 Had his management style really been no-bullshit, he wouldn’t have lost his work to the “other d-bag” (Bill =P). And then he left for how many years? ^.^

But yeah he was one hell of a manager though. I’ll concur with that.

Truthiness231 March 15, 2010 at 6:18 am

^.^ That’s the good Steve. Fuck the other one; the corporate douche…

anikinippon March 15, 2010 at 6:28 am

Cool story

ls1z28chris March 15, 2010 at 6:44 am

@RyanR242

Being a billionaire is cool and all, but it must be incredibly rewarding for Woz to know that he’s changed all of humanity for the better until the end of our species. Now that is pretty exciting. A better legacy than any king or politician.

baconboy7227 March 15, 2010 at 7:37 am

Well Steve’s douchiness has advanced Apple, along with Woz’s genius. Jobs described Apple, from day 1, as being a place we’re negative traits were kept in check by the team, resulting in a positive outcome. As a side note, though, I do like Job’s no-bullshit management style. It keeps everyone focused and has delivered great products.

Delus1on77 March 15, 2010 at 8:24 am

steve jobs = douche, steve woz = genius

Chris12163 March 15, 2010 at 8:56 am

Gotta thank Steve Wozniak for being part of Apple

yasir25119918 March 15, 2010 at 9:07 am

Huge respect Woz.

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