Episode 1: How The Oregon Trail Game Made Apple Computers Famous

Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century
06/08/2019 22 min Temporada 1 Episodio 1
Episode 1: How The Oregon Trail Game Made Apple Computers Famous

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Minneapolis's tech community was far ahead of everyone else. And their state government's progressive attitude paved the way for great changes.  1,500 miles away Steve Jobs was building a computer company, but he knew something was missing, and the answer fell in his lap. Learn how Apple went from selling 300 computers, to millions because of a game. 

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