My dream is to one day go to a garage sale and to find an original Apple Computer 1 for like $5. Not that that would ever happen ofc. But it’s fun to have unrealistic dreams too sometimes.
A lot of people wish to stumble across something valuable without the original owner knowing the actual value of it. This is the underpinning of modern capitalism.
He didn't design it; Woz did all of that. Jobs was just the marketing face. But when the order from Byte Shop for ~50 came, they obtained parts with a net-30 payment. To be able to pay that, I could swear I read that Jobs helped assemble them so they could finish in two weeks.
Looks like a broadcast monitor, the kind used by TV studios. And yes, by the 70's they were already all this size, intended to be mounted in racks.
More likely it is a repurposed CCTV monitor, that looked like this since very early too (In the 90's worked in place that had a very old CCTV system, from the 70's, with the giant cameras, and the displays were basically this size and format.
There were other very small TVs too. It's not like we still used vacuum tubes to build tvs in 76.
I have a Panasonic CCTV that looks exactly the same as this one. It was $27 plus shipping on eBay this year. It uses BNC connectors instead of the later consumer-standard yellow RCA.
> Rare, Hand-built Apple-1
So, every single Apple I still in existence? IIRC, only a few hundred were made, and Jobs and Woz hand soldered every single board.
As for "rare", that's very true. The Apple II had a trade in program where they'd take your Apple I and destroy(?) it? (reuse it for parts?)
My dream is to one day go to a garage sale and to find an original Apple Computer 1 for like $5. Not that that would ever happen ofc. But it’s fun to have unrealistic dreams too sometimes.
A lot of people wish to stumble across something valuable without the original owner knowing the actual value of it. This is the underpinning of modern capitalism.
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Probably a good portion of all Apple I ever made ended up in landfills.
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Jobs soldered?
He didn't design it; Woz did all of that. Jobs was just the marketing face. But when the order from Byte Shop for ~50 came, they obtained parts with a net-30 payment. To be able to pay that, I could swear I read that Jobs helped assemble them so they could finish in two weeks.
Little-known fact: Jobs was a serious electronics hobbyist throughout high school and his early 20s. It’s safe to say he did a lot of soldering.
Not really relevant, but I wonder if the Panasonic monitor is also from the same era. Seems very miniaturized for 1976?
Looks like a broadcast monitor, the kind used by TV studios. And yes, by the 70's they were already all this size, intended to be mounted in racks.
More likely it is a repurposed CCTV monitor, that looked like this since very early too (In the 90's worked in place that had a very old CCTV system, from the 70's, with the giant cameras, and the displays were basically this size and format.
There were other very small TVs too. It's not like we still used vacuum tubes to build tvs in 76.
“It's not like we still used vacuum tubes to build tvs in 76.”
Except for the picture tube itself, of course! (Broadening the definition a bit, perhaps.)
I have a Panasonic CCTV that looks exactly the same as this one. It was $27 plus shipping on eBay this year. It uses BNC connectors instead of the later consumer-standard yellow RCA.
The image caption in the article says it’s from 1986. This Apple I was likely hooked up to a JC Penney TV, with a fine wood grain cabinet.
I took mine from a television camera (the monitor at the back) and it was a lot smaller than that one.
From the careful wording of the offer it seems that it is extensively restored, rather than original in mint condition.