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Sotheby's to auction rare working Apple-1 computer
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Posted 28 May 2012 - 11:04 AM
My guess is $200,000+ will be a low estimate of this Apple-1 computer.
The Atari memo will bring $100,000+.
My reasoning is these items are now being sold since Steve Jobs has passed away.
The other Apple-1 computer with letter signed by Steve Jobs would probably bring in at least $500,000+ now.
The Atari memo will bring $100,000+.
My reasoning is these items are now being sold since Steve Jobs has passed away.
The other Apple-1 computer with letter signed by Steve Jobs would probably bring in at least $500,000+ now.
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Posted 28 May 2012 - 03:13 PM
If I can get a Retina display with it, I'm game!
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 03:33 AM
"Unlike later personal computers, including the 1977 Apple II, the Apple-1 was sold as a fully-assembled circuit board, but minus a case, power supply, keyboard or monitor. Buyers had to provide those components, resulting in some interesting custom computers, several boasting handcrafted wooden cases."
Sounds like the Raspberry Pi of it's day. Wonder if this little computer will spark an equivalent revolution over its lifetime.
Sounds like the Raspberry Pi of it's day. Wonder if this little computer will spark an equivalent revolution over its lifetime.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 04:47 AM
CrunchDude, on 28 May 2012 - 03:13 PM, said:
If I can get a Retina display with it, I'm game!
You'd need a massive upgrade to the character generator ROM.
Or, you know, just put the monitor very far away.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 05:47 AM
fireblue, on 29 May 2012 - 03:33 AM, said:
"Unlike later personal computers, including the 1977 Apple II, the Apple-1 was sold as a fully-assembled circuit board, but minus a case, power supply, keyboard or monitor. Buyers had to provide those components, resulting in some interesting custom computers, several boasting handcrafted wooden cases."
Sounds like the Raspberry Pi of it's day. Wonder if this little computer will spark an equivalent revolution over its lifetime.
Sounds like the Raspberry Pi of it's day. Wonder if this little computer will spark an equivalent revolution over its lifetime.
I doubt it; it's not really suited to that sort of disruptive impact. The philosophies behind the two machines and the contexts in which they were created are very dissimilar.
AFAICT, the most realistic philosophical successor to the Apple-1 was the BeBox.
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