My favorite quote from Woz's reply is this:<p>"I awoke one night in Quito, Ecuador, this year and came up with a way to save a chip or two from the Apple II, and a trivial way to have the 2 grays of the Apple II be different (light gray and dark gray) but it’s 38 years too late."<p>This is how you know you love your work. When you're still thinking of new things you can optimize, even four decades later.
I'm consistently impressed by the sincerity and humility that comes through in what Woz says and writes. Not only is he a great engineer, but he just seems like a really great guy.
When you read responses like this it's impossible not to be in awe of the guy. He's a great role model for newer generations both in his passion for his work and his top-notch personality.
Fantastic to see how humble he is with his response. He could have easily said "that's how it was done back then and it was really the best thing out there" but, he didn't. The stuff of legend.
Hi, I've been trying to figure this out for a while, and it's a hell of a thing to get Google to understand. Can someone explain why the rail is referred to as "-5v" instead of its opposite simply being called "5v"?
Yes, there's always something to optimize, but also shipping is needed.<p>I'm not sure what the -5v was used on, but apparently it wasn't a huge issue.<p>It doesn't matter anymore. It matters what you can learn with it.