Apple 1 found in donation box worth $200, 000. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2015, 11:56:15 pm
content: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/05/31/woman-tosses-apple-computer-that-turns-out-to-be-worth-200g/?intcmp=latestnews

author: MarkF
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 12:19:30 am
content: WOW.I have an Apple II+ that still works. Never thought it might be worth a small fortune.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 12:30:34 am
content: Quote from: MarkF on June 01, 2015, 12:19:30 amDon't worry, it's not. The ][+ is just the original ][ with Applesoft in ROM. It's no rarer than an original ][, and they are not that rare. The one is an entirely different proposition.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 12:31:10 am
content: Quote from: MarkF on June 01, 2015, 12:19:30 amNot quite the same

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 12:43:30 am
content: I saw the real Apple 1, and got a ride from its makers.At that point it was just a PCB. You had to load programs from a cassette deck.I will never forget the smell.

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 02:08:39 am
content: Quote from: cdev on June 01, 2015, 12:43:30 amI also attended a demo of the original Apple (1) given by the two Steves as they were going around the greater Bay Area to show what they had come up with. I was impressed by the Woz in a brief exchange of questions by not impressed by Jobs, wrote him off as a marketing type (which he turn out to be in Spades). I didn't think it would mount to anything and to be fair they would have not been successful if they didn't very quickly make the more marketable Apple II.

author: Marco
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 02:58:17 am
content: Quote from: cdev on June 01, 2015, 12:43:30 amSteve Jobs you mean?

author: kc9qvl
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 03:09:39 am
content: Quote from: cdev on June 01, 2015, 12:43:30 amThe pcb, the car, or the makers ?

author: lowimpedance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 03:20:13 am
content: Quote from: kc9qvl on June 01, 2015, 03:09:39 amI'm guessing the makers must have been nervous about the demo unit actually working

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 07:03:05 am
content: QuoteGood lesson for all of us that (if possible ofcourse) we clean and sort out our hobby stuff ourselves, and sell what is worth something before we leave this rock.I had two friends with the same hobby die the last 6 years and seeing their widows struggling with a room (garage) full of stuff was not a pleasure.

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 10:27:02 am
content: Quote from: Kjelt on June 01, 2015, 07:03:05 amMany Ham raido operators have helped wives of Hams deal with disposal of their radio equipment, it's almost a tradition.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2015, 05:09:54 pm
content: Quote from: Marco on June 01, 2015, 02:58:17 amNo, it was just a very strong rancid chocolate milk smell in their van.