FUN WITH MAPS ISSUE 2026-053

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (April 1, 2026) – This edition of Fun with Maps celebrates technology, not fruit.

Fruity

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded the Apple Company in Los Altos, California on April 1, 1977 – 50 years ago.

The first product was the Apple I computer, hand built by Wozniak and sold for $666.66 because he liked repeating digits.  He was not aware what Chuck knows as the devil’s number, 666.

Funding came from Jobs selling his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak selling his HP-65 calculator.  Those were the days.

Apple grew exponentially, doubling every 4 months for the first five years.  The Macintosh followed and after some dead years the I-s emerged iMac, iPad, iPhone.  Now it is a major Tech Company headed by Tim Cook.

Mitchell’s map of California is presented here from 1869.

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps. Visit his antique map boutique world-on-paper online. Watch for his daily feature Fun with Maps here on Loveland Beacon.