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    Frederick Rodney Holt [1] (born 1934) is an American electrical engineer and political activist. He is Apple employee #5, and developed the unique power supply for the 1977 Apple II. Actor Ron Eldard portrayed him in the 2013 film, Jobs.

  2. Dec 26, 2016 · Holt was a highly regarded designer who was skeptical of joining Apple initially. But, in "Return To The Little Kingdom," he says Steve Jobs "conned" him into taking the job. Holt helped develop...

  3. Apr 18, 2024 · Every team needs a rebel genius, and so Apple had Rod Holt, a guy described by Cult of Mac as the "chain-smoking Marxist engineer" who masterminded the Apple II power supply. It was Holt's innovations — in regard to the switching power supply — that enabled Apple to create the lightweight computers that made them famous.

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  4. Frederick Rodney "Rod" Holt (born October 1934) is an American engineer who developed the switched-mode power supply for the Apple II computer. Holt attended Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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    Frederick Rodney Holt is an American electrical engineer and political activist. He is Apple employee #5, and developed the unique power supply for the 1977 Apple II. Actor Ron Eldard portrayed him in the 2013 film, Jobs.

  6. Apr 25, 2024 · Frederick Rodney Holt (born 1934) is an American electrical engineer and political activist. He is Apple employee #5, and developed the unique power supply for the 1977 Apple II. Actor Ron Eldard portrayed him in the 2013 film, Jobs.

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