Apple I Computer From 1976 Sold At Auction For Nearly 0,000Posted by Eyerys on May 28th, 2019 An original Apple I computer was sold for £371,250 (about 471,000) in a Christie’s Auction. The computer that has its motherboard labeled with 'Apple Computer 1 Palo Alto Ca. Copyright 1976', has white ceramic MOS Technologies 6502 microprocessor, 8K bytes RAM in 16-pin 4K memory chips; modified cassette interface card; Datanetics keyboard supported on aluminium; green Preliminary BASIC Users manual. The set comes inside a leather briefcase. Around 200 Apple I computers were made, with the majority of them are believed to be destroyed or lost. Achim Baqué & Mike Willegal’s online Apple-1 Registry knows at least 68-or-so Apple I in existence, and this briefcased-Apple I is listed as number 10.  When it was auctioned at Christie's auction on May 23, 2019, the computer also included were some extras, like magazines with articles about the Apple I, an assortment of compatible hardware like the SWTPC PR-40 dot matrix printer, rare photocopies of some of the original Apple founding paperwork, and more. It also came with the extremely rare first manual issued by the Apple Computer Company. Although not credited in the text, Ronald Wayne is known to be its author This particular computer was originally priced at 6.66. Like it? Share it! More by this author |