László Zsidek
László Zsidek (June 30, 1937 – February 7, 2009) was a Hungarian-American manufacturing engineer and a member of the original Macintosh development team at Apple Computer.[1]
Career[]
Zsidek emigrated from Hungary to the United States at the age of 19 in 1956. He joined Hewlett-Packard, where he worked for 21 years as an engineer on projects that included lasers and atomic clocks. At HP, Zsidek met Steve Wozniak, who left the company and co-founded Apple Computer in 1976.[2]
Apple Computer[]
Wozniak later recruited Zsidek, who joined Apple in 1979 to become employee #350. As a tooling and manufacturing engineer in the desktop division,[2] Zsidek was involved in the molding of parts to conceptual design specifications, and the selection of vendors for the manufacturing process.[3] His signature is among those molded inside the case of the original Macintosh 128K, which was released in January 1984,[4] as well as the Macintosh IIci, which was released in September 1989.[5] Zsidek moved to the portable computer division in 1990.[2] He also worked on the Apple Network Server, which was released in February 1996. His signature is among those molded onto the back of the server's sliding drive door.[6] Zsidek then joined the input device department in 1998.[2]
After Apple[]
By 2001, Zsidek was focused on teaching and counseling, though he continued working with Apple as a consultant on the manufacturing of the PowerBook G4.[7]
References[]
- ↑ Kawasaki, Guy (1994-12-01). Macintosh Insiders Ten Years Later. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2010-11-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 MACváltó: Történelmi idôk tanúja (Hungarian), e-Times Hungary. 2001-06.
- ↑ Choosing Molding Vendor by Jim Yurchenco, Apple Computer, Making the Macintosh, Stanford University. 1980-12-05.
- ↑ Macintosh Insiders (PDF) by Owen L. Linzmayer, Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company p.104-108, No Starch Press. 2004.
- ↑ Apple Macintosh IIci case signatures by Martin Burch, Highland Historic Computer Museum. 2012-01-23.
- ↑ Floodgap ANSwers: Photo Album by Cameron Kaiser, Floodgap. Accessed 2021-02-26.
- ↑ Az Apple magyar szíve (Hungarian) by Gulyás István, Almalap. 2001-03.