The Long, Extraordinary Career of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs
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Revolution in a Box
Marketed initially through Bay Area computer shops, the Apple I computer sold for $666.66. The do-it-yourself kit contained a blank printed circuit board, a collection of parts and 16 pages of instructions. To make a functional machine, the user needed to provide a power supply, keyboard and display.

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