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Inside the Apple garage as Jobs film starts shooting (pictures)

The film set, located in the actual garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built their first computers, takes you back to 1976 -- Bob Dylan poster, plaid Thermos and all.

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Jan. 16, 2015 2:42 p.m. PT

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On the set of Steve Jobs film

LOS ALTOS, Calif. -- The doors to the famed garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak first built Apple computers are flung wide open here Wednesday in preparation for the filming of a new biopic film, with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.

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On set in Los Altos, Calif.

Work was under way Wednesday to create an authentic mid-1970s look at the house where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak first started Apple Computer.

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No parking

Along Crist Street in Los Altos, Calif., Friday, film production trucks are lined up ready to shoot the new Steve Jobs film directed by Danny Boyle.

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Truck-lined street

Trucks filled with gear are parked along the street Friday in front of the house where Apple got its start.

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Set design at the garage

The crew re-created the garage as it might have looked in 1976, when Jobs and Wozniak spent hours building their first computers.

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Reel-to-reel

A reel-to-reel tape player is set up inside the garage, which has been been outfitted to look like it did in the 1970s.

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Bob Dylan, 'Get Born'

A poster of Bob Dylan from the documentary "Don't Look Back," which chronicled his 1965 tour in the UK. Jobs was a fan of Dylan's music.

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Film slides

A sheath of film slides hangs in the garage.

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Period decorations

Other items seen in the garage include a plaid Thermos, a floppy disk drive, cement block and wood shelves, and lots of books.

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Warmth during work

An older heater in the garage would have kept the famed duo warm during their work.

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Oscilloscope on set

An old oscilloscope seen on set in the garage would have been used for electrical testing and to measure the frequency of an electrical signal over time.

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Computer boards

Books and computer boards are seen in the garage where Apple started, on the set of the coming Steve Jobs film.

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The Apple garage

Another shot of the film set in the garage where Jobs and Wozniak tinkered away, building what would evolve into the powerhouse we know today as Apple.