Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000

Associated Press ^ | 05/25/13

[oxcart]

BERLIN (AP) -- An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).

German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family garage.

Breker claims it is one of only six known remaining functioning models in the world. Breker already sold one last year for 492,000 euros.

It says the computer bears Wozniak's signature. An old business transaction letter from the late Jobs also was included.

The Apple 1, which was sold for $666 in 1976, consisted of only the circuit board.

[dayglored]

>The Apple I was the first single-board computer ever made, including BIOS and all onboard I/O controllers. Steve Wozniack invented both the single-board computer and BIOS.

I would argue that the KIM-1 was the first. Not as fully developed as the Apple-I but at least a few months earlier, as I recall.

[GeronL]

Thanks, I see.

[antiRepublicrat]

If they tried they’d be crushed by patent threats from the established companies.