Man selling original Apple computer for $50K

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ROSEVILLE, Calif. - The original Apple-1 computer has been called the Holy Grail of vintage machines and a California man has one for sale.

The computer, handmade by Apple founder Steve Jobs, was sold in small batches back in 1976.

By today's standards it looks downright primitive. But Jesse Sackman knows it's also a collectors item and he wants $50,000 for his model on eBay.

"It's a museum piece and in demand all over the world," said Sackman.

Sackman says he's selling his Apple-1 with its original packing for financial reasons.

"I hate that I have to, it's very hard for me," said Sackman.

The computer even comes with a typed letter from Steve Jobs to the original buyer of the Apple-1 who wanted his money back because it didn't come with a keyboard or monitor. In the letter, Jobs explains to the buyer how to connect it.

Bidding ends Sunday. So far there are no online bids on the computer.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/...n-apple-ON.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_I_Computer.jpg

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Xilo

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thats one fugly piece of kit. I dont know why anyone would everpay 50k for that, when I can build a fully functional pc for under 1k.

It has high historical value and is very rare especially considering the condition.

It's not about functionality.

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FloatingFatMan

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thats one fugly piece of kit. I dont know why anyone would everpay 50k for that, when I can build a fully functional pc for under 1k.

Congratulations on totally missing the point. As a computer, it's a pile of crap, but as a piece of computing history, it's far FAR more.

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"HERE IS" and "REPEAT" keys.. lol wtf xD

The "Here Is" key was used on teletype machines, and the repeat key when held down along with a character caused that character to be repeated (the same as simply holding down a character key does today). Early PC keyboards were obviously based on existing keyboards and functionality of the time (typewriters, teletypes, etc).

thats one fugly piece of kit. I dont know why anyone would everpay 50k for that, when I can build a fully functional pc for under 1k.

Yes, because people would be buying it for everyday use and not for it's rarity or historical value. As for it being ugly (which I disagree with) what exactly did you expect a home built computer from the 70s to look like? An iMac?

/facepalm

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MightyJordan

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Typical overpriced Apple product.

Damn, you beat me to it. :p

Still true though. Even though it is a pretty historic computer, it certainly is not worth $50,000. You could get the mother of all gaming PCs for that!

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I think it should be pointed out that the picture in the wiki article is not what you'd be getting. The Apple I did not come with a case, you had to make your own. What you would be buying here is just a circuit board basically. Here is the actual auction page: eBay

There's no way it will bring $50,000, this guy is dreaming. Also $3000 for shipping, give me a break. :D

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BigBoobLover

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who cares about how old it is, it could be from the 1500 hundreds, if it doesnt do what a normal computer can then i consider it rubbish.

Wow! You must be the kind of person who would have sold the Antikythera mechanism for scrap metal if you had found it.

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Wow! You must be the kind of person who would have sold the Antikythera mechanism for scrap metal if you had found it.

r u kidding me? if I found that id just kick it out the way, wouldnt even bother picking it up

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Congratulations on totally missing the point. As a computer, it's a pile of crap, but as a piece of computing history, it's far FAR more.

Not really. Even as a 'piece of computing history' it's still a pile of crap. All it signifies is the start of a company that has been blatantly ripping people off for years and years.

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who cares about how old it is, it could be from the 1500 hundreds, if it doesnt do what a normal computer can then i consider it rubbish.

Seriously?

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