"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article , Simon Brown
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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 30/04/15 12:55, Simon Brown wrote:

Yes, but Wozniak produced a significant breakthrough rather later than
that.

No he didn't.

he just packaged up some chips in a rather ckueful way.

And that produced an affordable personal computer

No more or less so than other machines available at the time and before.

Sure, I didnt say it was unique, just that it was done in a shed/garage.

It was more convenient to use, as it has an integrated keyboard
and all you needed to do was plug in a TV. But that is just adapting
existing technology to the market, rather than anything really new.

That is true of most significant breakthroughs. It isnt often you get
something radically new like DNA or the transistor or radio for example.

Even the car was more of an improvement over the carriage
than something radically new, just a different power system.