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The Original Macintosh: Calculator Construction Set


Espinosa was one of Apple's earliest and youngest employees, who started work for the company at the ripe age of 14. He left Apple in 1978 to go to college at UC Berkeley, but he continued to do freelance work during the school year, like writing the Apple II Reference Manual, the replacement for the legendary "Red Book".

Chris Espinosa was one of Apple's earliest and youngest employees, who started work for the company at the ripe age of 14. Chris dropped out of school to become the manager of documentation for the Macintosh, starting in August 1981. But the acid test was showing it to Steve Jobs, in his role as our esthetic compass, to see what he thought.

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