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4 unusual facts about Mike Markkula


Disk II

Mike Markkula asked fellow cofounder Steve Wozniak to design a drive system for the computer after finding that a checkbook-balancing program Markkula had written took too long to load from tape.

Randy Wigginton

Wigginton wrote several early programs for the Apple II, including a checkbook-balancing program co-authored with Apple's vice-president of Marketing Mike Markkula.

RunRev

The company is supported by a number of investors including Mike Markkula who originally invested in Apple Computer Inc in 1976 and brought that company to market.

TWC Aviation, Inc.

founded in 1981 by Mike Markkula, the entrepreneur and investor who helped launch Apple Computer.



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