I was a chemistry-major undergraduate and I only wish I could have bought in to that one or the Apple IPO later that year! Here’s a real time capsule of an earlier era on Wall Street, when a first-day jump was considered undesirable (!)

A 'Hot' Offering Retrospective; Genentech And Apple Varied Greatly COMPANY NEWS Recent 'Hot' Issues: A Retrospective Risky but Desirable (Published 1980)www.nytimes.com