Steve Jobs (left) and Steve Wozniak in their early days as co-founders of Apple.
Videos from 1984 have emerged showing Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, giving a presentation at an Apple enthusiast meeting. The footage, which was uncovered by Vince Patton, shows Wozniak talking on a range of subjects, including pranks, quitting HP, and a rendition of the "One Notion Under Jobs" pledge of allegiance.
The videos are from 1984 and show a 34-year-old Wozniak. In 1984, Apple was just eight years old and about to launch the Macintosh, a project Wozniak was not heavily involved in, having developed the Apple I and II. Apple was just getting started in 1984, having garnered some success from the sales of the Apple I, II and Lisa. Wozniak was very different from Jobs, in that he was friendly and likable, while Jobs was cold and calculating. Wozniak was shy and never took up a managerial role in Apple, electing to stay as a mid-level engineer until he cashed out in the 1990s.
Patton found the videos on an old VHS, so don"t expect good quality, but we"ve embedded them below:
Wozniak"s Pledge of Allegiance to Apple:
Orignally, Jobs and Wozniak tried to license their idea for the Apple I to HP. The executives at HP didn"t think the idea was any good, so turned Apple down.
Source: Vince Patton (YouTube) via TechCrunch | Image via 9to5Mac