Apple was one of the companies that approached influential Commodore to sell PCs, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said during an energetic panel discussion to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64 PC, which took place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View on Monday evening.
"We had this Apple II that we thought was so far ahead of the rest in features -- color, graphics, sound, games -- the computer was the whole deal," Wozniak said.
With no money to build thousands of Apple II machines, Wozniak and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs both approached Commodore with the Apple II. "Chuck Peddle from Commodore came to the garage and he was one of about three people we showed the Apple II prototype ever," Wozniak said.
As struggling 20-year-olds with zero savings and no business experience, the idea of a stable job at Commodore comforted them, Wozniak said. "Steve [Jobs] started saying all we want to do was offer [Apple II] for a few hundred thousand dollars, and we will get jobs at Commodore, we'll get some stock and we'll be in charge of running the program," Wozniak said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/12/12/...iversary_1.htmlSo, this was a pivotal point; if they had made this sale we might never have known MAC computers. After all, Commodore Inc. was run into the ground after selling millions of computers.
