5 Sep
2000
5 Sep
'00
8 a.m.
The owner of the computer, Ray Borrill, operated a
chain of
computer stores in the Midwest in the late 70's, one of the first
in the nation. This particular Apple-1 was one of 15 units
ordered directly from Steve Jobs. It was used as a display model
and was never sold. Borrill decided to hold onto it through the
years for posterity. Borrill, now retired, has decided that it's
time to pass the machine on to someone else who will continue to
appreciate it as he did.
Fascinating... Ray's Apple was the first and only one I ever used;
when I saw it, it had what appeared to be a Radio Shack transformer
supplying power to it. Just a bare board, and ISTR it was connected
to a TV set via an RF-modulator, and was running Spacewar. Could be
wrong, Spacewar may have been running on one of the other machines
Ray had at the Bloomington, IN store of his DataDomain chain.
To anyone who'll be there, bidding on this, please bid vigorously;
Ray has health problems and really, really needs the money. My SOL
would never have made it to adulthood without his help.
-dq