Apple I Tested: Wozniak Sparks Personal Computing Era
Steve Wozniak powered up his first working Apple I prototype at the Homebrew Computer Club, demonstrating a machine that could display typed characters on a television screen. The circuit board, which Wozniak had designed entirely by hand, became the foundation for Apple Computer and helped launch the personal computing revolution that would transform every aspect of modern life.
June 29, 1975
51 years ago
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