APRIL 1, 2026 — LEOMINSTER, MA — Fifty years ago today, Apple Computer Company was founded to sell their debut product, the Apple-1 computer. After swift sales at The Byte Shop, co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs developed the Apple II, which became the company’s cash cow for the next decade. The year leading up to the Apple II’s release was a flurry of innovation, experimentation, and dead ends.