17 Nov
2009
17 Nov
'09
9:01 p.m.
There are only around 250 of them, they were hand built in Woz's garage,
mostly by Steve Woz and Jobs and only a few have surfaced over the years
making them rare and they have continued to go up in value over the
years as more and more publicly known auctions and sales have made
headlines on major site and the SJ Mercury Newspaper, so they fetch big
bucks.
For those just wanting to experience an Apple 1's functional Vince Briel
makes "Replica-1" boards which are functionally the same and Vince even
got Steve Woz's nod of approval and the use of the bootcode on it.
Curt
Jules Richardson wrote:
Evan Koblentz wrote:
If the seller feels this unit is worth more than
the others, then he
should price it at a slight premium vs. the others, for example $30k
vs. $20-25k. However $50k is insane, especially in this economy.
Maybe someone can explain this to me - what the heck is the big deal
about Apple 1s? Obviously I'm in the crowd that just doesn't get it -
but there's a big crowd out there that *does* get it - whatever "it" is.
cheers
Jules