Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 28-08-2018

Another rare original Apple Apple-1 computer is expected to fetch about $300,000 (R 4.2 million) at an auction.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak produced about 200 Apple-1 computers in the mid-1970s and around 60 of those are known to still exist today.

CNet reports RR Auctions is preparing to take bids on a functioning, late “Byte Shop”-style Apple-1 model, with the expectation that it will go for more than $300,000 (R 4.2 million).

The Byte Shop Apple-1 comes from a batch of 50 computers made by Jobs and Wozniak specifically for the Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world.

The auction lot comes with not just the motherboard, but also the original manual and a period-style monitor and keyboard to fire it up and show off to anyone who wants to see how powerful an Apple computer was in 1976.

The same auction also includes plenty of other early Apple products, such as a 1982 Apple report with a personal message and signature from Jobs that includes a common misspelling (‘your’ instead of ‘you’re’).

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