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One of Apple's First Computers Just Sold for $905,000
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Updated: Dec 14, 2023 2:07 AM CUT
Published: Oct 22, 2014 1:39 PM CUT
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Updated: Dec 14, 2023 2:07 AM CUT
Published: Oct 22, 2014 1:39 PM CUT
One of Apple’s first-ever computers, the Apple 1, sold for $905,000 at an auction in New York City on Wednesday, roughly twice as much its expected price tag.
The Henry Ford organization bought the computer and plans to display the computer at its museum in Michigan, according to Reuters.
The computing relic was designed by Steve Wozniak in 1975 when the Apple co-founder wrote code by hand and fit together cut-rate parts onto a motherboard. “It was the first time in history,” Wozniak has said, “anyone had typed a character on a keyboard and seen it show up on their own computer’s screen right in front of them.”
The auctioned off Apple 1 was functioning as of last month, and can still run very basic commands. It’s believed to be part of the first batch of 50 units assembled in Jobs’ family garage. It contains a circuit board with four rows and 18 columns, a keyboard interface, 8K bytes of RAM and comes with a keyboard and a monitor.
Only 63 surviving authentic Apple 1’s were listed in an Apple 1 Registry as of January out of the 200 that were built. The model up for auction is one of 15 believed to still have working motherboards.
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