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Polish girl? Lucky.

What's that?

Hmm'?

Oh.

That. Now that

is gonna be cool.

It's a computer terminal board

I'm working on.

Hooks up to the TV

for the display.

What is it like, a kit?

What do you mean?

Well, well...

The code is still buggy,

but in theory it'll display

whatever you're working on. Like...

Show me.

Show you. Okay.

Wow.

I don't care if HP

didn't like it. It matters.

Yeah.

It's got potential.

No, the Sex Pistols have potential.

This is the wheel.

It's the

Industrial Revolution.

No more decks,

no more mainframes.

That changes everything.

It's pretty cool, I guess.

Hi, Charlene. Hello.

Hey.

Cool. It's profound. How could you

not tell me about this before?

I don't know. I was just working on it for my own.

It, it was a hobby.

Exactly. Exactly.

For your own. For you.

It's what you wanted. It's what

your gut' your instinct wanted.

Your big evolved brain wanted

something that didn't exist,

so you just willed it

into existence.

It's, what do you

call the system?

The operating system?

The operating, and it just shows you...

That's what I call it.

Yeah, it's just a real time

display of current operations.

You can see what you're working

on while you're working on it.

Okay. Look...

Don't you get this?

This is freedom.

This is freedom to create,

and to do, and to build,

as artists, as individuals.

Look, look, look.

But look,

you're overreacting.

Even if you were developing this for

freaks like us, and I doubt you are,

nobody wants to buy

a computer. Nobody.

How does somebody know what they

want if they've never even seen it?

Huh?

We're going to Homebrew.

No...

lam not presenting

anything at Homebrew.

I'm. No.

Why do people drive so slow'?

Get out! Move!

I'm telling you right now,

I've been to Homebrew.

I understand the caliber

of people who speak there.

I'm not one of those people.

I'm telling you this thing is amazing.

I'm not...

You're gonna be great, Woz.

Steve, could you do me a

favor, could you just please

slow down a little bit

so that I feel like

there's a chance we might

actually get there alive.

I want to get there first

so we present first.

You know if we're

gonna do this thing,

we need to come up

with a name.

Yeah, I know. Something catchy.

Something...

I've been

thinking about it.

...electric.

It needs to feel like...

I don't know.

What about

Enterprise Computers?

No.

No Star Trek names.

I swear.

What about Kirk Enterprises?

I will drive this car

right off this road.

Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine!

I will run the car

right off the road.

Jesus! Calm down! Seriously.

Okay. Nothing Trekkie. Jesus.

It just needs to be, like, something

that people will relate to, you know?

Like, it needs to be

something that you see,

and you're just, like,

"Man, I just gotta have it."

APDIe.

Excuse me?

Apple.

Apple, like the fruit'?

The fruit of creation. Apple.

It's simple but sophisticated.

It comes before Atari

in the phone book, too.

That is so much better

than Phaser Beam Computers.

It's naming it

after a fruit.

Apple. Apple Computer.

But, what about

Apple Records?

Apple Records?

The Beatles' label, stu...

What, they own

the word "apple"?

Why do you always

hate The Beatles?

Well, I do not

hale The Beatles.

Yes, you do. You always...

I do not hate The Beatles.

They're just, they're not

Dylan, and you know that.

Okay, and that's a comparison

that you always make.

Well, I...

'Cause it's obvious.

And I don't think it's fair.

Apple. Really? Apple?

Right, listen. If we come up with

something better, we'll change it.

Let's just go with it

and see if it sticks.

It will display

up to 192 memory locations

on the monitor simultaneously.

Allow me to explain because it's

quite fascinating, actually.

The logic board is rather complex,

especially compared to some of

the other boards here,

including of course,

the Altair.

And as you can see...

it's much smaller, and cheaper

to manufacture and build...

which, by using

dynamic RAM, I was able...

We were able to shrink the size

of the board substantially.

So, it works with

your television?

YES, yes, yes, yes!

It will work on any

television, or video monitor.

All you need is

a radio frequency converter

to display the images

from your microprocessor

to your set output device.

And it'll run BASIC.

It will also run BASIC, which

I think could be a great...

So I guess that wraps it up. Thank

you very much for your time.

This was terrific. F***.

Tough crowd.

Good evening, gentlemen.

I'm Frank.

I'm Lutz.

And we're here with reduced

instruction set computing CPU.

Excuse me.

Name is Paul Terrell.

Saw your presentation.

And?

And I'd like

to talk business.

What can I do for you?

Well...

I own a local computer parts

store, in Mountainview.

The Byte Shop?

You buy computer parts.

Yeah. We sell transistors, boards,

soldering equipment, monitors.

You know, hobbyist types.

Like Radio Shack?

No.

Listen, why don't you stop

by and talk to me sometime.

There's my card.

Give me a call.

G reat.

It was nice meeting you.

Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs. All right.

Who was that?

It's Paul Terrell.

Oh.

Who?

So what kind of investment

are we talking about here?

Jesus, Steve. I said I was

interested, not buying.

I know. But you're also not

the only interested party.

Oh, really? I'm not'?

No.

You're not.

Hmm.

That's interesting.

Because it sure seemed that way

the other night at Homebrew.

You think that's the

first stop that we made?

We've been

all over The Valley.

0h, well, then you

already have a retailer.

I got offers.

Look, Paul. My middle name's Paul.

My dad's name is Paul.

Bunch of Pauls. I'm.

I think we're

kindred spirits here.

We're both businessmen

that operate from our gut.

And my gut tells me to

give you this opportunity.

I'm thinking $400 per machine, for 50

units, paid at the time of delivery.

$400 for a hundred units,

a third up front.

We're not negotiating.

Yes, we are.

Okay. I'll pay $450

per machine. $450.

On delivery, nothing up front. I

know it's asking a lot, Steve.

But it's a big payoff

if you deliver.

When I deliver.

$500 per unit and

you've got a deal.

All right.

You got 90 days.

I'll have it in 60.

Daniel and I just didn't have

room at our place, so...

No, no.

I'm glad you asked.

We could move some things around,

give it a good cleaning.

I could move most of

my tools to the shed.

Maybe get you boys

a fan when it gets hot.

Ooh.

What do you think?

It's great, Dad.

Yes. It is.

This is perfect.

Good. Well, it'll be good to

see you building something.

Good. Hey, keep it neat.

Inside and out.

Thanks, Mr. J.

Mmm.

We got a shop.

Yes, we do.

How's it going?

And voila'.

It's gotta be straighter. These

have to be more symmetrical.

We have 60 days to

complete 50 of these,

and you're worried

about the symmetry?

Sieve, nobody cares

about the look of the board.

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