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Sound By Monday (1982)
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Steve Jobs threatens to pull the sound hardware out of the original Macintosh design. Original text available at folklor... Read more
7 Mar 2020
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14mins
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John Carmack on the Steve Jobs Rollercoaster
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The co-founder of id Software shares his collection of Steve Jobs stories. Published by John Carmack at F—book. Audio fr... Read more
2 Nov 2019
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The Making of the Macintosh II (1987)
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14 Apr 2019
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