Rare fully functional Apple-1 computer among items in Steve Jobs auction
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Rare fully functional Apple-1 computer among items in Steve Jobs auction
Steve Jobs Auction includes Rare Fully Functional Apple-1 Computer up for auction.



BOSTON, MASS.- An extremely rare fully functional Apple-1 computer will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction.

The Apple-1 was originally conceived by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak as a bare circuit board to be sold as a kit and completed by electronics hobbyists, their initial market being Palo Alto Homebrew Computer Club. Seeking a larger audience, Jobs approached Paul Terrell, owner of The Byte Shop in Mountain View, California, one of the first personal computer stores in the world. Aiming to elevate the computer beyond the realm of the hobbyist, Terrell agreed to purchase 50 Apple-1 computers, but only if they were fully assembled. The Apple-1 thus became one of the first computers which did not require soldering by the end user. Altogether, over a span of about ten months, Jobs and Wozniak produced about 200 Apple-1 computers and sold 175 of them.

This Apple-1 computer was acquired by the SoftWarehouse, a computer store/franchise in Western Michigan, in the 1980s as part of a trade for a newer IBM machine. It was subsequently displayed in the store in a custom-made museum style case, before being placed into storage.

The computer was restored to its original, operational state in June 2019 by Apple-1 expert Corey Cohen, a comprehensive, technical condition report prepared by Cohen is available to qualified bidders. Cohen evaluates the current condition of the unit as 8.0/10. The most remarkable aspect of this Apple-1 computer is that it is documented to be fully operational: the system was operated without fault for approximately eight hours in a comprehensive test. This Apple-1 was exhibited at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, in 2019 for the Vintage Computer Festival West, and is documented on the Apple-1 Registry.

Included in the lot, is an original Apple-1 Cassette Interface (ACI), also introduced in 1976, which provides the ability to save memory contents onto a standard audio tape, and later load the contents back into the computer’s memory. Revolutionary for the time, Steve Wozniak designed the ACI to use only 6 integrated circuits, compared to other solutions which used 50 to 100 integrated circuits. This allowed Apple to sell their solution for less than their competitors; the Apple ACI also operated at four times the speed of its contemporary competitors.

The early success of the Apple-1 in 1976 paved the way for the introduction of the Apple II in the spring of 1977. In Apple’s 1980 IPO prospectus, the company described its progress: ‘In April 1977 the Company introduced the Apple II computer mainframe which was similar to the Apple I but incorporated additional circuitry and a keyboard, and was packaged in a plastic housing.’ In other words, the Apple II built upon the Apple-1 to become an even more capable, more consumer-ready machine. Between 1977 and 1980, on the sales of the Apple II and its peripherals, accessories, and software, Apple Computer’s yearly revenue grew from $774,000 to $118 million, making it one of the great growth stories of Silicon Valley.

“The Apple-1 is not only a marvel of early computing ingenuity, but the product that launched what is today one of the most valuable and successful companies in the world,” said Bobby Livingston, Executive VP at RR Auction.

RR Auction is also proud to offer the lifetime collection of Apple Product Design Engineer Jerrold C. Manock. After designing the Apple II computer, Manock joined the company full-time as Apple’s Corporate Manager of Product Design, Employee #246, leading the product design teams for the Apple III and the iconic first Macintosh computer. Today, Manock is regarded as the ‘father’ of the Apple Industrial Design Language. His collection is highlighted by his Steve Jobs–signed contract for the Apple II, a bonus memo signed by Jobs, an early ‘In Appreciation’ Macintosh computer, and patent plaques for the Apple III and Macintosh.

Among other items in the sale is a PowerBook 190cs signed by Steve Jobs, a rare Apple neon sign, and promo materials from the 1990s including a ‘Think Different’ watch and iMac banner. Taken as a whole, this important auction tells the story of Apple from its earliest foundation to the modern day.

The Steve Jobs Auction from RR Auction will conclude on March 12.










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