3.2 Fans of the mysteries of the blue boxes

     There is a whole legend as to how did the company Apple. Supposedly it all started with the fact that while studying in college for four years before the first computer Apple, Steve Wozniak caring mother, Mrs. Wozniak, sent his son an article in the magazine "Esquire» (Esquire), is called "Secrets of the blue box." Heading for the mysterious hidden message that some crackers with special equipment - not the most cunning - bypass the security system telephone company Bell, which allows you to call anywhere in the world for free. Moreover, the mysterious attackers penetrated well into the government communications network that served the U.S. law enforcement system, the armed forces and even the CIA. A sort of prototype of modern hackers so admired the young Steve, he immediately decided to build himself a blue box (Blue Box). After four months of hard work by Steve Jobs, he's drawings gathered from magazines, the same signal generator, which gave an opportunity to mislead electronic telephone exchanges. But to achieve its steady work was difficult, and Wozniak designed a small digital device that worked on devyativoltovoy batteries. Since then, friends amused nazvanivaya weather bureau in Australia - Learn the latest summary, ringing in the night Japan - listen slurred swearing awakened Asians, ordering telephone sermon from the Vatican, as well as directing your call through Europe on the telephone in the next room - that, giggling, saying "Ale!" in one tube and hear your voice in another few seconds. Enterprising Jobs put an end to their unpretentious entertainment: he set out to make money on other skills. Details for the blue boxes were worth $ 40, the assembly scheme at Wozniak took no more than an hour. Wozniak, Jobs made an offer he (Jobs) paid components, Wozniak perform installation, they were selling the device for $ 150, and the profits were divided equally. Wozniak agreed without hesitation. The interests of the youth of that time were apparently similar, and soon became friends often notice it coming out of one or the other of the male dormitory room: they do sell their devices. They ignored the female body, "because they thought the girls disinterested," but probably two of Steve were not in the best relationships with the opposite sex. But they remained a lot of time on engineering initiatives. A little later they were selling boxes in Southern California - a friend who agreed to be their representative in the region Beverly Hills. Friends managed to sell more than two hundred units, while Bell is not improved its switching system, and blue boxes are useless. Moreover, they do not have to answer for their achievements, but some buyers of technical innovations condemned - for example, professional swindler Bernie Kornfeld and musician Ike Turner.

3.3 No one knew it – the creators of Apple. They were expelled from college

     The blue box was the first step of the two Steve to the creation of Apple.  Apparently, the success has turned their heads. Wozniak has filled session. Jobs in general was falling out of reality. He settled in the avant-garde student campus in Oregon, addicted to drugs (LSD and marijuana), became interested in the study of various areas of religion and philosophy of Zen Buddhism, the ideology of the communes, and even got a guru. There were rumors that he was then introduced to the doctrine of Arnold Ehret, a Prussian, who lived in the XIX century, who proclaimed that the expulsion from the body of musk, gases, and "excess excrement" is the true path to health, happiness and mental stability. It is clear that very soon Jobs was expelled from college, and he returned home to his parents. Stating that once worked at Hewlett-Packard, Jobs managed to get not the worst job in the company to create the first Atari video game "Pongo" - for $ 5 per hour. He was to develop a modification of the "Pongo", which added a wall, built of bricks disappear, if they fall. Atari paid a premium when the designer managed to reduce the number of chips in the game, as this reduces the cost of production. Wozniak has helped others to do the rationalization proposal, but in the collective Jobs are not particularly complain, and immediately after receiving the prize of $ 7000, he moved back to Oregon. Wozniak, who lived with her parents after being expelled from Berkeley, led a quiet life. He got a job at Hewlett-Packard and began to attend the Computer Club electronics hobbyists in Menlo Park - Homebrew Computer Club. Twice a month, the club was going to dozens of engineers, programmers and technicians, among other things, they discussed the problems of constructing small-sized computers.