Zoy
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Woz!
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May 05, 2007 04:51
Check out this interview with Steve Wozniak. He' s best known as the designer of the Apple computer, and, with Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple. But he' s always had a monumentally important connection to the development of gaming as we know it. He designed the original chipset for the Atari coin-op " Breakout" when games were completely hardware-based. Soon after, he envisioned designing a microprocessor-based home computer (the Apple II) which would be able to play software-based games, have color graphics and analog controllers. He also became a Tetris champion in later years and apparently always had the high score for NES Tetris in " Nintendo Power" magazine. Steve Jobs has the business savvy (debatable, btw), but Woz is the heart and soul (and brains) of home computing and gaming. Edit: source - Gamasutra, reprinted from Vintage Computing and Gaming.
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alijay034
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RE: Woz!
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May 05, 2007 05:20
If you are really interested in the story of M$ and Apple try reading Accidental Empires and Where Wizrads stay up late.
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RE: Woz!
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May 06, 2007 15:07
Or a Bill Gates biography 
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alijay034
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RE: Woz!
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May 07, 2007 20:08
You could but how much of the truth would it contain?
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