Bob Belleville

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Robert L. "Bob" Belleville is an American computer engineer who was an early head of engineering at Apple Computer from 1982 until 1985.
==Career==
Belleville worked at Xerox, where he was a primary designer of the hardware for the . Steve Jobs is said to have invited him to join Apple by saying, "Everything you've ever done in your life is s---, ... so why don't you come work for me?" In May 1982 he became software manager for the Macintosh 128K; in August that year he became engineering manager of the Macintosh division. As Apple Director of Engineering, he played a major role in developing the LaserWriter. He resigned from Apple in summer 1985 after Jobs announced his resignation, and later worked at .
In 's documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, Belleville said that the pressure of working at Apple had ended his marriage and that Jobs "[was always apparently] seducing you, vilifying you, or ignoring you", but he cried when he recalled working for him.
==References==
==Further reading==
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* Belleville's account of the development of the Xerox Star. 2 videocassettes
==See also==
*List of early Apple Computer employees
==External links==
*Bob Belleville at Folklore
*Bob Belleville at the Internet Movie Database
* at Wikipedia
Category:Former Apple employees
Category:Former Xerox employees