PoSV - Apple Computers goes to the Homebrew Club

In the film Pirates of Silicon Valley, founders of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak take their Apple 1 computer to the local Homebrew Computer Club at Berkely, and make an impression.

Pirates of Silicon Valley is a made-for-TV motion picture made in 1998 telling the story of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs rise to fame in Microsoft and Apple, respectively.

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[aliciagreening]

They all look hippies.

[videogameknowitall]

Wow!...Cool!...A neat and interseting look at the early home computers!

[mrdashes1]

RIP steve

[superdave31]

i dont get it though - whar did these computers actually do in the early days? did they word process? or play games? what?? (as were there even printers then) because i dont get why people would even buy them except for maybe.. you know as a gadget or something

[CrazyHorseInvincible]

Yeah, just marketing, getting the interest of investors and customers, and motivating a workforce to fanatical devotion while running a startup that creates a new market. Any fool can do that.

[chingchunng]

it was steve wozniak that did all of the hard work. steve jobs just marketed his creations.

[jojje302]

Love that movie!

[lonesuk]

love the movie true about amiga still have my amiga 500 and 1200 play ithem from time to time

[mutez0r]

thats because they were.

Steve Jobs especially... he lived on communes and traveled India for soul searching. he also tripped LSD multiple times and said it was one of the 2 best things that he ever did. read his wiki page it has the interview where he said that.

[Borin81]

bah, prob Microsoft/Apple funded propganda movie, like they started it all, pffftt!

Commodore where the first personal computer with their Commodore PET, but no mentioning of Commodore at all.