Apple III
Apple IIIs appear sparingly in the Apple offices.
A dramatised history of the beginning of the personal computer revolution charting the formation and rise of Microsoft and Apple.
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• Apple III • DEC PDP-8/E • Apple Macintosh • Apple II • IBM PC XT • Epson QX-10 • MITS Altair 8800 • Apple Lisa • Apple Power Macintosh 7200/7300/7500/7600/G3 desktop • Xerox Alto
Apple IIIs appear sparingly in the Apple offices.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop software for the MITS Altair using a PDP-8/E.
The Macintosh is the focus of Apple's efforts, despite Steve Jobs allowing competing factions to develop within Apple.
Apple's first great success is the Apple II that they display at a computer fair and use extensively in the Apple offices.
Bill Gates uses an IBM PC XT whilst continuing development on the DOS software.
Apple acquire an NEC machine (in fact a QX-10) from Japan to get their first look at Windows.
Obviously, the QX-10 was not made by NEC, but also it was not capable of running Windows.
Microsoft's first project is developing the BASIC language for it Altair 8800. MITS send them an Altair when their project bears fruit. Altairs also appear at the Homebrew Computer Club.
Microsoft get hold of an Apple Lisa and Bill Gates is furious about how advanced it is compared to their product.
Steve Wozniak, having left Apple, is shown in a school teaching computing using Power Macintoshes.
Apple are invited to Xerox to view the Alto where they take many of its ideas for they Lisa and Macintosh computers.
