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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Sam on Wed, 17 November 2010, 10:29:41

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: Sam on Wed, 17 November 2010, 10:29:41

For those of you who are collecting Apple keyboards, here's your big chance.  Not on eBay, but at Christie's.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228200851&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All (http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=228200851&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All)

Wish now I'd bought a few of those back in those days instead of my S-100 systems.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: woody on Wed, 17 November 2010, 11:06:55

See how the iFad inflates prices of such sweet relics. :)

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: Rajagra on Wed, 17 November 2010, 11:40:29

Now THOSE are capacitors! I may buy it just to strip parts.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 17 November 2010, 11:48:51

Maybe you could fix an M2 with those.  That would be funny (for the old-timers, anyway);  fixing an IBM with Apple parts.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: chimera15 on Wed, 17 November 2010, 12:12:38

I've got an apple ][ which was upgraded to a ][+ that kick that thing's ass I'll sell for 100k. lol

I saw someone else trying to sell one in the comments.  I wonder if the serial # on it matters.

Darn it's in storage now though.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: woody on Wed, 17 November 2010, 15:12:40

Yeah, sometimes you can make some dough on Apple IIs with low serial number.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: didjamatic on Wed, 17 November 2010, 15:19:06

I've seen at least one these on ebay before, it was expensive but nothing like that price.

This computer is really significant.  I'd love to see that thing boot.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: woody on Wed, 17 November 2010, 16:37:53

The Apple II is significant. Apple I was just a starter.

EDIT: I don't give a rat's a$$ about this old board. People like to iconify random things. But at least this has the iFad magnifier attached.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 17 November 2010, 20:27:57

That Apple I's one expensive motherboard.

Title: Apple I - $161,000
Post by: didjamatic on Wed, 17 November 2010, 21:35:59

I like it that the Apple I (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I) was pure Woz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak).  Hardware and software designed and built from scratch into a usable system in the mid-70's by a single man... it doesn't get cooler than that.

(http://www.woz.org/images/cover_derby.jpg)