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Comment by skeeter2020

11 days ago

>> I found that my customers were much more interested in paying a higher price for a pre-made device than saving money with a DIY solution

This could have been a 50-yr-old comment about the Apple I computer! Lol

>> Wozniak intended to share schematics of the machine for free; however, Jobs advised him to start a business together and sell bare printed circuit boards (PCBs) for the computer, without any components soldered on.

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Terrell told Jobs that he would order 50 units of the Apple I and pay $500 each on delivery, but only if they came fully assembled – he was not interested in buying bare printed circuit boards with no components.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I