First Apple computer expected to sell for an estimated $242,400

Nov 12, 2010 2 Replies

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Don McKenzie 15 years ago

Created in 1976, the Apple-1 was only worth $666.66 and was one of an estimated

200 produced by the hand of co-founder Steve Wosniak. The original version, sold without a keyboard, monitor or power supply, came equipped with only 8 kilobytes of RAM, which is small potatoes compared to today?s memory standards.

A major drawback of the Apple-1 was the lack of a floppy drive. The programs were loaded onto the memory from cassette tapes that were sold separately, making the total invoice for the Apple-1 a mere $741.66. One tape, labeled ?BASIC,? that was used to load programming language, will be included in the sale at the auction.

Other items said to be included will be original packaging, manuals, cassette interface, basic tape, early documentation and provenance and a rare letter from Steve Jobs.

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Cheers Don...

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Felix_the_cat 15 years ago

I still have my original Apple Mac with it's massive 128Kb of RAM.. :)

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kreed 15 years ago

imated 200 produced by the hand of co-founder

power supply, came equipped with only 8

andards.

ams were loaded onto the memory from cassette

a mere $741.66. One tape, labeled =93BASIC,=94

at the auction.

ette interface, basic tape, early documentation

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cases have also come a long way since those days.

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