As the Mac II launch drew near, the head of ATG Graphics and Sound Group, Mike Potel approached the team of Mark Lentczner, Steve Milne, Dave Wilson, and Wil Oxford:
We wanted a
For as long as I have published my books, one of my overarching goals was to give credit to those who actually invented the hardware and software that we use.
I have spent
In the past few years, I have been lucky enough (blessed) to interview former Apple employees like Steve Milne, who invented the AIFF format (still used 37 years on), Jon Krakower, who created
Unknown to Steve Jobs a team at Apple was working on a Unix Macintosh. Former Lisa software manager Ron Johnston recalls:
A friend of mine from college, Steve Smith, also went to HP
It was late winter of 1979 with the holiday police debacle behind me, and I’d been working at Apple for the better part of two years. I was feverishly attempting to finish