IWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It is a 2006 New York Times bestselling autobiography by computer engineer and programmer Steve Wozniak.
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10 Facts About IWoz
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IWoz goes on to describe how his father took the time to describe to him, in detail, how electronic components work.
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IWoz cites this as a major reason for his later success.
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IWoz describes just staring at it, amazed that computers could be used in such a way.
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IWoz went home and recreated the game on his own, using a standard television for the display .
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IWoz even added some features not found on the commercial game, such as displaying the score onscreen and displaying four-letter exclamations when missing a ball.
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IWoz describes, without bitterness, how Jobs shortchanged him on the job.
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IWoz says that all the ideas for improving the computer came to him while he was designing the Apple I, but he didn't implement them because he wanted to finish the Apple I in a timely manner.
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IWoz finally agreed to do so after an old friend told him he could join Apple and still be an engineer.
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IWoz asked Wozniak to develop another method of secondary storage.
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