ted to run his program. What happened Amazed everyone, the radio began to play music. By altering the speed of the looping of his program, Steve had made the radio play music (Triumph; Freiberger and Swaine 104-106). This symbolizes the creative spirit that was a part of the Homebrew Computer Club.One of the most well known companies that formed out of this club was Apple Computer, founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Steve Wozniak was an electronic genius. He had built a modified version of the Altair on his own, and it featured a keyboard for input and a monitor for output, along with .several other enhancements. This computer usually attracted quite a crowd at the club, and that is how he met up with Steve Jobs (Triumph; Shurkin 310; Freiberger and Swaine 203-205). Jobs was not the technical genius that Wozniak was, but he had considerable experience. Jobs was more of a visionary, and he saw a vast potential in Wozniak (Campbell-Kelley 244-245). At one of the meetings Jobs suggested to Wozniak that they start a company and build computers. Wozniak was very enthusiastic, and Apple Computer was formed.The first product that Jobs and the "Woz" put out was the Apple I. The Apple I was basically just a mainboard. The user had to design the adapters for any input or output devices themselves, along with the power supply. Despite its primitive design, the Apple I had moderate sales (Triumph; Freiberger and Swaine 198). What made the company famous, though, was Jobs next big idea, what would become the Apple II.Jobs had a vision. He had a vision of a computer that anyone could use. It would be everything you needed all in one, and it would be cheap enough for anyone to buy. This seemed like only a dream, but if anyone could design this computer, Steve Wozniak could. Wozniak was an incredibly gifted engineer and he did wonders in designing the Apple II (Freiberger and Swaine 202-203). It was a work of brilliance. It had everything a compu...
