How did Woz invent the Apple computer?
Following is a Steve Wozniak interview which appeared in the Summer 1997 issue of II Alive. By: Charles T. “Dr. Tom” Turley Related FAQs Resources: R010APPLE1.GIF (GIF pic of Apple I) Looking Back: Woz Tells: “How I Did It!” Charles T. Turley, interviewer The recent flurry of speculations surrounding Apple Inc.’s future seems to have stirred up questions concerning birth of the Apple II. Some writers have reported that coding of the first II ROMs was a fairly simple affair since, “of course”, Steve Wozniak had access to an assembler and terminal. Similar “obvious” and “easy” comments have surfaced about the decisions to use dynamic RAM and include a BASIC interpreter. I decided to ask Woz for all the facts.