[HN Gopher] Steve Wozniak's Letters
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       Steve Wozniak's Letters
        
       Author : simonebrunozzi
       Score  : 61 points
       Date   : 2023-01-29 18:37 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (mhpo.woz.com)
        
       | pncnmnp wrote:
       | I recently stumbled upon a blog post by Mike Birken where he
       | describes a 2006 meeting with Steve Wozniak at a Barnes & Noble.
       | (https://meatfighter.com/woz/)
       | 
       | Apparently, Wozniak had played a prank in the 70s where he
       | created a fake advertisement for Zaltair, a fictitious successor
       | to the MITS Altair computer built around the Zilog Z80 instead of
       | the Intel 8080. He copied some of the worst ads he could find for
       | wording and distributed the brochures at the West Coast Computer
       | Faire. Birken recreated the brochure and was able to get Wozniak
       | to sign it. Interestingly, Wozniak was carrying laser-cut
       | stainless-steel business cards, which he handed out at the Barnes
       | & Noble event.
        
       | dorfsmay wrote:
       | Repeating my comment from another thread:
       | 
       | I can't help but wonder if the lack of https on woz.org is
       | intentional or simply overlooked.
        
       | seizethecheese wrote:
       | I'm seeing Woz content everywhere. Does he have a book coming out
       | or something?
        
         | ffhhj wrote:
         | The Woz Files, where he presents different old school computer
         | pranks and hacks. A skinny guy without shoes shows up to help
         | in a few episodes. I'd totally watch that.
        
         | bink wrote:
         | I hope so. I found his autobiography a really tough read. I'd
         | love to read something a little more balanced.
        
           | coopsmoss wrote:
           | Tough because of the subject matter or the writing? Would you
           | recommend it?
        
         | BirAdam wrote:
         | I do not believe he does, but there are some old things
         | relating to him and Jobs up for sale at auction.
         | 
         | https://search.brave.com/news?q=%21news%20steve%20wozniak&so...
        
       | jayp1418 wrote:
       | What happened to his crypto currency project?
        
         | kris_wayton wrote:
         | The site is here: https://efforce.io/team
        
         | simonebrunozzi wrote:
         | I was sad that he endorsed that project. I don't have news, but
         | I would guess it went nowhere.
        
           | EGreg wrote:
           | Why was it sad? What did the project do?
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | nu11ptr wrote:
       | Cool site, but I do wish these were date stamped. Sometimes you
       | can get an idea when they were sent based on content, but other
       | times it is a bit hard to know.
        
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