Steve Jobs' Apple-1 prototype up for auction
An original Apple-1 prototype that belonged to the late Steve Jobs is up for auction, this is one of the original devices that was hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak.
This could be one of the most popular Apple-1 computers sold to date and is expected to fetch around $500,000.
Example of the historic first prototype of the computer that started it all: Steve Jobs' prototype Apple-1 computer, hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak onto a unique printed circuit board "Apple Computer A ". In 1976, Jobs used this prototype to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the world's first personal computer stores. The demo resulted in Apple Computer's first big order and changed the course of the company - what Jobs and Woz had designed as part of a $40 DIY kit for hobbyists became, at the end of the day. application for Terrell, a fully assembled personal computer for sale. at $666.66. Wozniak then put Terrell's order form for fifty Apple-1s into perspective: “It was the biggest episode in the company's entire history. Nothing in the following years was so big and so unexpected. '
The board was paired with Polaroid photographs taken by Paul Terrell in 1976 showing the prototype in use, first published by Time Magazine in 2012 and also covered by Achim Baqué of the Apple Register- 1. This Apple-1 prototype, listed as #2 on the Apple-1 Registry and considered "lost" until recently, was examined and authenticated in 2022 by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen. It is accompanied by Cohen's thirteen-page notarized report.
You can find more details about the Apple-1 Computer Prototype auction on the auctioneer's website at the link below.
Image source and credit: RR Auction
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An original Apple-1 prototype that belonged to the late Steve Jobs is up for auction, this is one of the original devices that was hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak.
This could be one of the most popular Apple-1 computers sold to date and is expected to fetch around $500,000.
Example of the historic first prototype of the computer that started it all: Steve Jobs' prototype Apple-1 computer, hand-soldered by Steve Wozniak onto a unique printed circuit board "Apple Computer A ". In 1976, Jobs used this prototype to demonstrate the Apple-1 to Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the world's first personal computer stores. The demo resulted in Apple Computer's first big order and changed the course of the company - what Jobs and Woz had designed as part of a $40 DIY kit for hobbyists became, at the end of the day. application for Terrell, a fully assembled personal computer for sale. at $666.66. Wozniak then put Terrell's order form for fifty Apple-1s into perspective: “It was the biggest episode in the company's entire history. Nothing in the following years was so big and so unexpected. '
The board was paired with Polaroid photographs taken by Paul Terrell in 1976 showing the prototype in use, first published by Time Magazine in 2012 and also covered by Achim Baqué of the Apple Register- 1. This Apple-1 prototype, listed as #2 on the Apple-1 Registry and considered "lost" until recently, was examined and authenticated in 2022 by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen. It is accompanied by Cohen's thirteen-page notarized report.
You can find more details about the Apple-1 Computer Prototype auction on the auctioneer's website at the link below.
Image source and credit: RR Auction
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