Steve [Jobs] tapped an Atari engineer, Rod Holt, to design a switching power supply that was much more efficient and generated less heat.

Jobs, however, replied that "we can afford you" and Holt joined co-founder and lead designer Steve Wozniak's fledgling Apple II team, in part responding to Alcorn's request to "help the kids out.

"[3] Holt thus began to work "after hours at Atari on Apple's television interface and power supply.

"[3] According to Apple's first CEO, Michael ("Scotty") Scott, "One thing Holt has to his credit is that he created the switching power supply that allowed us to do a very lightweight computer compared to everybody else's that used transformers.

Amidst all the clamor and confusion of Apple's astonishing growth, my son Alan William was born.

Six years later, after working what seemed to be sixteen-hour days and seven-day weeks, I was exiled by new management—the fourth member out of five of the original Apple team to be retired or pushed out.

"[2] In an interview, Bill Fernandez and Daniel Kottke discussed the way in which Holt was conceptualized in the 2013 American independent film, Jobs (portrayed by actor Ron Eldard).

Kottke disputed the characterization, noting that: "What completely cracked us all up is the scene where Rod arrives for the first time.

"[8] Fernandez, who was equally amused by this vision of Holt, responded by asking, "Who could this possibly be in the Apple universe?