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Another Apple 1 Headed to Auction with $125,000 Estimate
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More like 1mhz cpu M6502, I think, and about 4k of ram. Storage was probably nearly unlimited as it used cassette tapes. As many as you like.
I'm sure ... He would remember each signal line and how the connect the components. I just felt: good old times. Building boards ourself, with little chips like 7400 or 7404, Z80, 6502, ...with the big difference Team double-Steve made a nice business out of it.
Apple didnt offer wooden cases i believe
"The Apple I went on sale in July 1976 at a price of US$666.66,[6] because Wozniak "liked repeating digits" and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $500 plus a one-third markup.[7] About 200 units were produced. Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 60+ chips. However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply transformers, power switch, ASCII keyboard, and composite video display. An optional board providing a cassette interface for storage was later released at a cost of $72."
Source: wikipedia
Non-functional eh? Wozniak should take a look at it and fix it! 
Then auction it off and have the proceeds go to charity.
As for the cases, I believe it was a build-your-own type setup. They had a kit for the Apple I, but you would really build your own case as part of the project.
Then auction it off and have the proceeds go to charity. As for the cases, I believe it was a build-your-own type setup. They had a kit for the Apple I, but you would really build your own case as part of the project.
This is a picture of an Apple one in a wooden case, the Apple 1 was just the circuit board, this wooden case is homemade.
I said that Apple didnt supply the case
This is not proof to prove otherwise.
I stand corrected; Byte Shop did.
"To further try to enhance sales, the Byte Shop stores found a local cabinetmaker that made some koa-wood cases for the Apple computer (so it would no longer be just a naked circuit board)."
http://apple2history.org/history/ah02/
Samsung will be releasing their new Samsung Galaxy A1 to compete directly with the Apple 1.
Apple has filed a motion to ban all sales, claiming various patent infringement, including shake-to-reboot and jam-spacebar-to-dislodge as well as trade-dress.
Samsung has responded with a statement, "It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over plastic cases with molded corners."
Apple has filed a motion to ban all sales, claiming various patent infringement, including shake-to-reboot and jam-spacebar-to-dislodge as well as trade-dress.
Samsung has responded with a statement, "It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over plastic cases with molded corners."
yea ur right, my bad. never actually bothered to read the wiki article, i always just assumed jobs used the wooden box to sell the apple I from the garage because whenever i see the apple I i see a picture of the wooden box
People gripe about paying full price for the "outdated tech" of the current Mac Pro or iMac, yet when something becomes really outdated, they'll pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. Makes me wish I'd hung onto my old ENIAC, but when I moved to a smaller apartment years ago, it didn't fit. Alas...
One of the things I really miss about mid-70's technology is that it was so accessible -- if something stopped working, you didn't need a surface-mount rework station, megabytes of object code, and inside contacts at a custom silicon foundry to get it working again. I'm sure my TRS-80 Model 1 wouldn't boot if I fired it up today, but I'm also sure that I could get it working with the equipment and documentation I still have. I imagine getting an Apple 1 back into working order would be tractable, too.
If I had the means to acquire this I'd be chomping at the bit. What an honor it would be to own this incredible founding piece of Apple history.
The Apple I didn't come with a case, it was just a preassembled, integrated circuit board. The various cases that appear were custom made by others.
I'd sell mine but then I'd have to share the TRS-80 with the wife.
I still have a TRS-80 Color Computer buried somewhere.
What do you think that'd go for?
wow...that was an interesting read. Computing was tough back then..
People gripe about paying full price for the "outdated tech" of the current Mac Pro or iMac, yet when something becomes really outdated, they'll pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. Makes me wish I'd hung onto my old ENIAC, but when I moved to a smaller apartment years ago, it didn't fit. Alas...
just waitin for them apple II's to go up in value.....
better fire up to see if it still works.