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All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computers

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Re: All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computers

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Post by glimshe »

nielsbot wrote: post #8
JSR_FDED wrote: post #7

What an amazing labor of love to catalog all these machines. Some of the stories behind each individual machine are amazing. I remember when Fry's Electronics (was it Palo Alto or Sunnyvale?) had one on display.

Man... tangentially, is there a coffee table book about Fry's yet? I remember in the dot com days they had a lounge pianist there as well as a cafeteria? And also, oddly, adult magazines by the check out lines.

I feel sad every time I think about Fry's and the death of big box electronics retail. I still long for those trips where I'd simply spend hours looking for what's new. Amazon can't deliver the same high and neither can Microcenter, the not-so-bad modern version.

Don't get me even started about Radio Shack :'(

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Post by Stratoscope »

saagarjha wrote: post #6
UberFly wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Crazy that Apple sold this.

Seems like it belonged to an Apple employee who passed away.

Yes. Details are in the Christie's auction listing linked above. Scroll down to read the very interesting article about the Apple 1 in general and specifics about this particular machine.

Re: All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computers

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Post by natebc »

ycombinete wrote: post #23

Why is “computer” not pluralised in the page title? I thought it was a mistake in the post; but it’s the same on the page.

perhaps a German=>English phrasing thing? the editor of that site is German.

https://www.apple1registry.com/en/contact.html

Frankly I'll take it over artificially sandblasted translation via someGPT.

Re: All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computers

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Post by Teever »

Stratoscope wrote: post #22
saagarjha wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like it belonged to an Apple employee who passed away.

Yes. Details are in the Christie's auction listing linked above. Scroll down to read the very interesting article about the Apple 1 in general and specifics about this particular machine.

Looks like it came from the Living Computer Museum.[0]

[0] https://www.geekwire.com/2017/important-computer-history-ste...

Re: All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computers

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Post by alnwlsn »

nxobject wrote: post #12

Sadly, this registry might be out of date again: entry #43 indicates it is from the now-dismantled Living Computer Museum + Labs. https://www.apple1registry.com/en/43.html

Indeed. It sold at auction for $352,800

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/firsts-history-computing-...

Re: All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computers

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Post by dhosek »

nielsbot wrote: post #8
JSR_FDED wrote: post #7

What an amazing labor of love to catalog all these machines. Some of the stories behind each individual machine are amazing. I remember when Fry's Electronics (was it Palo Alto or Sunnyvale?) had one on display.

Man... tangentially, is there a coffee table book about Fry's yet? I remember in the dot com days they had a lounge pianist there as well as a cafeteria? And also, oddly, adult magazines by the check out lines.

I loved all the themed locations in Southern California, although the north-Orange county one, where the theme was just “aerospace” and all they really did was put a giant Space Shuttle model in the center (Burbank’s 50s sci-fi movie theme was, I think, the best of the lot).

Re: All known 49-year-old Apple-1 computers

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Post by kens »

kristopolous wrote: post #14

Gotta be honest, if I saw this sitting next to a dumpster I'd probably think "what is this worthless circuitboard doing here." and then I'd take it to properly e-waste it only to later find out: "That was worth how much!?"

That literally happened: a woman dropped off computer junk at an e-waste facility in Milpitas in 2015. The facility found an Apple I in the stuff and sold it for $200,000. They tried unsuccessfully to get in touch with the woman to split the money.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19665632

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