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That's the story of the Mac floppy, the article refers to the Apple II one. If by "didn't do shit" you mean he didn't actually hold the soldering iron, you're m
by nir 15y ago
That's the story of the Mac floppy, the article refers to the Apple II one. If by "didn't do shit" you mean he didn't actually hold the soldering iron, you're missing a lot.
- rmason 15y agoWhen Woz spoke at Michigan State in May I heard him tell the story of how he built the original floppy drive for the Apple II. Woz wanted to go to Las Vegas for a show (Comdex?) and was told if the floppy drive was ready by then he could go. He said after working for days he took a break and that's when the solution just came to him. He said with a big smile Vegas was great!
- wallflower 15y agoThe full, amazing story of Woz hacking a floppy drive is in his Founders at Work interview. One of my favorite interviews in JL's book. http://www.foundersatwork.com/steve-wozniak.html http://www.foundersatwork.com/steve-wozniak.html
- jforman 15y ago"You have all these waiting periods, and it was just too awkward and too slow. So Mike [Markkula] said we needed two things: a floating point Basic (that's a Basic with decimal points, which I didn't have) and a floppy disk." Sounds like a meaningful contribution to me.
- ricardobeat 15y agoOops. The tone in this article makes me upset, if you hadn't noticed :) This one puts it under a much better light: http://apple2history.org/history/ah05/#02 http://apple2history.org/history/ah05/#02