The Apple 1 discussion reminds me of some (evil) thougts I had a while back. What do the people on this list think of building an Apple I as a "homebrew" project? Without much work, I was able to dig up a schematic and boot rom listing for an A1, and the parts are all (mostly) readily available.

The Apple 1 discussion reminds me of some (evil) thougts I had a while back. What do the people on this list think of building an Apple I as a "homebrew" project? Without much work, I was able to dig up a schematic and boot rom listing for an A1, and the parts are all (mostly) readily available. I know it wouldn't be a real Apple 1, and it wouldn't be worth $40,000 8-). But it'd be interesting, to me anyway, to live though hand-building a working computer from just a bundle of wires, as well as having a "manly" computer -- none of this sissy disk drive stuff. If nothing else, it seems like good soldering practice! If the purpose is education rather than collector's value, have I still sold my soul to the devil? What if I then tell people I have "an Apple 1 (-ish) computer", thereby letting me brag about building it myself, if not the actual authenticity? Thanks for any comments! Paul Kearns paulk(a)microsoft.com