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I don't want this project

to devalue the Apple I.

I had tried getting ahold of somebody

from Apple and, you know, saying:

"This is what's going on. Can I get

permission to use the source code?"

I didn't hear anything back...

...so I tried to get ahold of Woz

through his website...

...and next thing you know,

Wozniak had written back, saying:

"Go ahead and use the source code.

I think it's, you know, a noble idea.

Apple probably wouldn't let you, but

the worst thing Apple could say was...

...that it was mine long before

there was an Apple computer."

He had given out the source code,

schematics and everything...

...at the Homebrew Computer Clubs

long before Apple existed.

So it was pretty much his source code

to give out.

I guess, yeah, they're kind of an

unlikely couple, an unlikely pair, to...

You know, Steve Wozniak

was the hardware genius.

He's kind of a blue-collar hacker,

interested only in the engineering.

Jobs was the salesman, the slick,

smooth talker, good-looking young guy.

You gotta remember, the Apple II

were designed essentially by kids...

...who didn't have any success

behind them.

And Woz is like a hero,

the great nerd hero of our times.

I mean, every geek and nerd

reveres Woz.

He is, you know, a living legend,

a demigod, a god amongst man.

Not only for his genius, but just

for that sort of purity of hacker spirit...

...you know,

the generosity of his genius.

The idea that he's not motivated

to enrich himself.

You know. He wants to build

astonishing things.

And he did.

This was more... The Apple II was more

like a work of art, it was whimsical.

It was outrageous,

some of the techniques in the ROM.

And so as I worked

my way through it, I thought:

"Who would design

in such a style and why?"

And it's just the greatest thing

I'd ever encountered.

It was very much like...

...reading a great novel

from an author you've never heard of...

...or hearing a great piece of music.

It captivated me.

It captivated me.

One of the biggest success stories

would have to be Team Number 1.

Team Number 1

was the original franchisee...

...of the Team Electronics chain.

Team Central was the organization...

...of all the Team Electronics stores,

some 100 stores...

...mostly in the upper Midwest,

and it continues to operate to this day.

They've changed their name

to FirstTech...

...with the demise of Team Electronics.

But to my knowledge,

that would make them...

...the longest continuously running

Apple reseller in the United States.

- There's more back there. Yeah.

- You've got a Bell + Howell.

I don't think we ever wanna fly this.

It's probably not...

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