afterwards this month , one of the rare specimen of hardware history will go up for auction : a working Apple-1 . While most will citizenry will never be able to open to press on it , this is a gravid opportunity to look at this beautifully ragtag machine before it disappears into someone ’s collection .
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The Apple-1 thatGerman auctioneer Breckerwill take to the block on May 20th is believed to be one of only eight original kits that are still in workings consideration . In July 1976 , Jobs and Wozniak built around 200 unit and sell 175 of them . It was just the beginning of what would become themost worthful party in the world . Just getting a workings model is rare enough but this one comes with some solid record of its cradle , let in the original manual and documentation , the reception for the motherboard and cassette recorder , and even a record of telephone conversation with Steve Jobs and Wozniak .
Originally betray as a motherboard outfit , Apple-1 owners had to make their own housing and pickup peripheral equipment themselves . This is what the Smithsonian ’s model looks like :
Those who buy a kit back in ‘ 76 pay thereligious - conspiracy - theory - inducingprice of $ 666.66 , but today , it will be quite a fleck more . A similar model in work conditionsold in 2013for $ 671,400 . The seller scram a tremendous hatful in that event . They had just buy it months in the first place in non - working condition for $ 40k , fixed it up , got a key signature from Woz and pulled off quite a markup .
Get a elaborate look at the unit that will go on auction later this month in the video below .
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