The Jobs Apple FY before working ground
"Perhaps, the original people's eyes Jobs is a guy Jiaokuang quirks, not flattering, but I think he is a genius." Bushnell recalled.
Into Atari Jobs made technology, earn $ 5 per hour. The young Jobs hubris, very gregarious. His technical director Alcorn, very appreciated, but do not want to work because of his influence team atmosphere, so adjust his work, his only work at night.
Wozniak, Jobs Friends Hewlett-Packard calculator departments work very fond of playing the game of the young Wozniak, Jobs night shift, let Wozniak secretly slipped, free to play Atari's games. Return as a friend, Techies Wozniak Jobs to solve some technical problems.
Day, Steve Jobs took over the company a job, called "Breakthrough" (Breakout) to design a hardware consoles. Jobs looking for Wozniak to help design. This is an engineer to spend a few months to complete the project, did not know that Jobs delayed the progress, or Atari's rambling duration arrangements lead, Jobs told the eager Wozniak: "must be completed within four days."
Wozniak think this is crazy, but still promise down. Jobs also told hi s boss Bushnell hope this console used chip as little as possible, if less than 50 chips, the boss will pay $ 700; If the chip is less than 40, and the payment of $ 1,000. Either way, the two will split the sum remuneration.
Wozniak would sketch a body of work, Jobs along the way in the next. They spent four days and nights to complete the task, basically did not sleep the middle game consoles shared parts 45. When the product is finished, they are suffering from mononucleosis syndrome. In the product design process, inadvertently Jobs told Wozniak that Atari plans to the microprocessor used in the game. Wozniak later recalled, which he later conceived the idea of the PC generates a certain influence.
