Keatah Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Bit of e-waste from Woz' garage prepping to sell for millions! The damn thing is even busted in half! https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/345735106445006-steve-jobs-39-s-apple-1-computer-prototype/?cat=0 https://www.apple1registry.com/en/2.html https://www.applefritter.com/content/prototype-apple-1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 "computer that started it all" Hmmm. Citation needed, I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusfalkirk Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 They look like two different boards. Your second link shows a picture of the computer plugged into a monitor and working. I seriously doubt the first link would ever work again considering that the board is broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 I think the broken board is the one shown as working in the photo. Dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted July 24, 2022 Author Share Posted July 24, 2022 On 7/22/2022 at 4:09 PM, youxia said: "computer that started it all" Hmmm. Citation needed, I guess. I guess. I mean I don't think the Apple II shot the rocket in the business world like Tandy did with the Model 1. Tandy floundered because their marketing got weird and the machines got stuck in the 68000 world. Besides, their uncontrollable urge to sell cellphone cases and batteries finally put a stop to the strangeness. Thank god! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Quote In 2022 Achim Baqué again received indications that the prototype(s) still exists. But as soon as you get closer to the matter, you face a wall of silence. Probably more will come to light at some point. When something believed to have been lost or destroyed suddenly appears on the market for an extremely high price, I tend to be suspicious. I would want rather more authentication (and much more detail about the provenance) before I made a significant bid on this board (or any other piece of "vintage" hardware). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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