Amaya Toman Ma ʻApelila 17, 1977, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Apple i kāna kamepiula Apple II i ka lehulehu no ka manawa mua. Ua hana ʻia kēia ma ka West Coast Computer Faire mua loa, a e hoʻomanaʻo mākou i kēia hanana i kēia lā o ka Apple History series.
Hiki paha hoihoi oe
E like me kā mākou e ʻike ai, ʻo ka kamepiula mua i puka mai i waho o ka hui Apple i hoʻokumu hou ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Apple I. Akā ʻo kona hope, ʻo Apple II, ʻo ia ka kamepiula mua i manaʻo ʻia no ka mākeke lehulehu. Ua hoʻolako ʻia me kahi chassis maikaʻi, ʻo ia ka mea i hele mai i ka hale hana o Jerry Manock, ka mea hoʻolālā o ka Macintosh mua. Hele mai ia me kahi kīpē, hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻohālikelike me ka ʻōlelo hoʻolālā BASIC, a ʻo kekahi o kāna mau hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa he kiʻi kala.
Mahalo i nā mākau kūʻai a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana o Steve Jobs, ua hiki ke hoʻonohonoho i ka Apple II e hoʻolauna ʻia ma ka West Coast Computer Faire i ʻōlelo ʻia aʻe nei. I ʻApelila 1977, ua hoʻokō ʻo Apple i kekahi mau milestone koʻikoʻi. No ka laʻana, ua ʻike ka hui i ka haʻalele ʻana o kekahi o kāna mau mea hoʻokumu, hoʻokuʻu i kāna kamepiula mua, a loaʻa pū kekahi i ke kūlana o kahi hui kūʻai lehulehu. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i manawa e kūkulu ai i kahi inoa nui e hiki ai ke hana me ke kōkua ʻole o waho i ka wā e hoʻolaha ana i kāna kamepiula ʻelua. Ua hele kekahi mau inoa nui o ka ʻoihana kamepiula i ka ʻoihana i kēlā manawa, a ʻo ia ka fairs a me nā hanana like ʻole i ka wā ma mua o ka pūnaewele i hōʻike i ka manawa kūpono loa no nā mea hana a me nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻolaha iā lākou iho.
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Ma waho aʻe o ka kamepiula Apple II, ua hōʻike pū ʻo Apple i kāna hōʻailona hui hou, i hoʻolālā ʻia e Rob Janoff, ma ka hale kūʻai. ʻO ia ka silhouette kaulana loa o kahi ʻāpala nahu, kahi i hoʻololi i ka hōʻailona kikoʻī o Isaac Newton e noho ana ma lalo o kahi kumulāʻau - ʻo ka mea kākau o ka logo mua ʻo Ronald Wayne. Aia ka hale ʻo Apple ma ka hale kūʻai ma ke alo pono o ka puka nui o ka hale. He kūlana koʻikoʻi loa kēia, mahalo i nā huahana Apple ʻo ia ka mea mua i ʻike ʻia e nā malihini ma hope o ke komo ʻana. ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa ka ʻoihana i ke kālā i kēlā manawa, no laila ʻaʻole i loaʻa ke kālā no kahi kūpaʻa i hoʻolaʻa hou ʻia a pono e hana me kahi hōʻike Plexiglas me kahi hōʻailona backlit o kahi apple bitten. I ka hopena, ua lilo kēia hoʻonā maʻalahi i mea akamai a hopu i ka manaʻo o nā malihini he nui. Ua lilo ka kamepiula Apple II i kumu waiwai maikaʻi loa no ka hui. I ka makahiki o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana, ua loaʻa iā Apple 770 tausani kālā, ʻo ka makahiki aʻe he 7,9 miliona mau kālā a ʻo ka makahiki ma hope o ia he 49 miliona mau kālā.
