图:1979年,史蒂夫·乔布斯和史蒂夫沃兹尼亚克
沃兹尼亚克是影响乔布斯的重要人物之一。乔布斯与沃兹尼亚克初遇时,他们就很快发现了彼此都有着许多共同点,很快两人因为共同的兴趣交融到一起。
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Sunnyvale
Wozniak
Berkeley
Blue Box
Chicago
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The fun and profits came to an end at a Sunnyvale pizza parlor. Jobs and Wozniak were about to drive to Berkeley with a Blue Box they had just finished making. Jobs needed money and was eager to sell, so he pitched the device to some guys at the next table. They were interested, so Jobs went to a phone booth and demonstrated it with a call to Chicago. The prospects said they had to go to their car for money. "So we walk over to the car, Woz and me, and I've got the Blue Box in my hand, and the guy gets in, reaches under the seat, and he pulls out a gun," Jobs recounted. He had never been that close to a gun, and he was terrified. "So he's pointing the gun right at my stomach, and he says, 'Hand it over, brother.' My mind raced. There was the car door here, and I thought maybe I could slam it on his legs and we could run, but there was this high probability that he would shoot me. So I slowly handed it to him, very carefully." It was a weird sort of robbery. The guy who took the Blue Box actually gave Jobs a phone number and said he would try to pay for it if it worked. When Jobs later called the number, the guy said he couldn't figure out how to use it. So Jobs, in his felicitous way, convinced the guy to meet him and Wozniak at a public place. But they ended up deciding not to have another encounter with the gunman, even on the off chance they could get their $150.
这样的快乐和利润在森尼韦尔的一家比萨店里结束了。乔布斯和沃兹尼亚克正准备带着刚做完的一台蓝盒子开车去伯克利。乔布斯需要用钱,急需出售这台机器,所以他就向邻桌的几个人推销。那帮人很感兴趣,乔布斯就走到电话亭,往芝加哥打了一个电话做演示。他们说要到车里去拿钱。“于是沃兹和我就走向那辆车,我手上拿着蓝盒子,那家伙走进车里,手伸到座位底下,拔出了一把枪。”乔布斯回忆道。他从没有如此靠近过一把枪,被吓坏了。“他拿枪指着我的肚子说:‘把它拿过来,兄弟。’我的神经一下子绷紧了。车门就在那儿,我想是不是可以猛关上车门砸他的腿,然后我们趁机逃跑,但很有可能他会朝我们开枪。所以我慢慢地、非常小心地把蓝盒子递给了他。”这种抢劫真的太奇怪了。抢走蓝盒子的家伙给了乔布斯一个电话号码,说如果蓝盒子有用的话,以后会想办法把钱付给他。当乔布斯照着号码打过去的时候,还真的找到了那个家伙,他不会用蓝盒子。乔布斯巧妙地说服此人在一个公共场合跟他和沃兹见面。但最终他们还是胆怯了,决定再也不跟那个持枪的男人打交道,即便那样做有可能拿回那150美元。