The high-tech wizard behind Apple offers a personal account of the creation of the first personal computer by marrying computer circuitry with a video screen and a typewriter keyboard to create the affordable, easy-to-use Apple I, detailing his life before and after Apple and providing a personal perspective on an invention that ignited the computer revolution. 50,000 first printing. "'The Woz' built the first [personal computer]-by hand, by himself."-USA Today 1. Our Gang: The Electronics Kids 11(14) 2. The Logic Game 25(18) 3. Learning by Accident 43(13) 4. The "Ethical" TV Jammer 56(19) 5. Cream Soda Days 75(18) 6. Phreaking for Real 93(19) 7. Escapades with Steve 112(7) 8. HP and Moonlighting as a Crazy Polack 119(18) 9. Wild Projects 137(13) 10. My Big Idea 150(17) 11. The Apple I 167(6) 12. Our Very Own Company 173(13) 13. The Apple II 186(21) 14. The Biggest IPO Since Ford 207(15) 15. The Woz Plan 222(12) 16. Crash Landing 234(10) 17. Have I Mentioned I Have the Voice of an Angel? 244(15) 18. Leaving Apple, Moving to Cloud Nine 259(18) 19. The Mad Hatter 277(10) 20. Rules to Live By 287(14) Glossary 301(10) Acknowledgments 311