There is not a hint of arrogance in Hertzfeld's voice when he says, "I really feel I helped change the world for the better." In 1983, he designed and implemented most of the original desk accessories - for example, the scrapbook and control panel. He ported all these items from the Apple Lisa to work on the Mac's Motorola-made 68000 processor and the Mac's smaller memory footprint. In 1982, he implemented the so-called "User Interface Toolbox," the code including windows, menus and buttons, among other graphical items. In 1981, he designed and implemented the initial device drivers and entire I/0 system. He did a lot of the early grunt work, too. Ray Tomlinson, who put the in e-mail addresses.Brad Templeton, funny man on a 'dot-com' mission.Robert Kahn, the 'stepfather' of the Internet.Marty Goetz, holder of the first software patent. Lynn Conway and Carver Mead, VLSI chip pioneers. David Bradley, inventor of the 'three-fingered salute'.
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