Livingston: How did...
Livingston: How did you know Steve?
Wozniak: That computer that was like the Altair that I’d built 5 years before—
Cream Soda Computer—I’d told a friend down the block, Bill Fernandez,
about it, and we agreed to solder it up in his garage. We spent about 2 weeks
soldering my design together. We’d ride our bikes down to buy cream soda and
come back and drink it, so we called it the Cream Soda Computer. Bill went to
our high school, and he said, “There’s another guy at Homestead High School,
younger than you, and he’s interested in electronics and pranks and things too
and you really should meet him.” So he thought we were alike.
The way I remember it is that Steve came right out there in front of his
house. We’re out there on the cul-de-sac on the sidewalk and we’re just talking.
We started out by comparing pranks we’d done and talking about different
types of electronics and chips. We both had a lot of similar experiences so we
had a lot to talk about. Then we became best friends for so long. There weren’t
that many people that young that knew technology. Steve and I weren’t similar
personalities, which was strange, but I’m the sort of person that goes along with
anyone that wants to talk technology. And then we both agreed on music too.
We had very strong music influences in those days, and it was more songs about
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