Woman tries to recycle $200k computer

[Red Squirrel]

At least that stuff was handmade with skill and style that are hard to replicate. Given the schematic, the right equipment and some basic know-how anyone could assemble that Apple I. Hell it sounds like a cool semester project for a EE.

Keep in mind they did not just put it together they actually designed it from ground up, so have to hand it to them. There was not as much resources available back then as now as far as learning goes. Right now you can google all sorts of circuit diagrams, get all sorts of parts off digikey and build something with less effort.

 

[lamedude]

The real question is will it run crysis?

There might be enough wood to build a table big enough for Crysis Analogue Edition.

 

[John Connor]

Can it play Oregon Trail though?

 

[mikeford]

Don't trust the media, little of this story seems correct to me. $200k is 20x the price of the last Apple Ones I personally know of being sold (like 10 years ago). More than 200 were made I am pretty sure, more like 500 or more, but Apple offered a trade in for an Apple II with a nice case etc that many took advantage of.

I also don't know if the boards had any kind of serial number or ever version number that might make one more valuable than another, still not believing $200k

 

[Murloc]

this even made the news here lol.

 

[mmntech]

Don't trust the media, little of this story seems correct to me. $200k is 20x the price of the last Apple Ones I personally know of being sold (like 10 years ago). More than 200 were made I am pretty sure, more like 500 or more, but Apple offered a trade in for an Apple II with a nice case etc that many took advantage of.

I also don't know if the boards had any kind of serial number or ever version number that might make one more valuable than another, still not believing $200k

That's actually cheap for an Apple I. Since they're such a rare piece of computer history, they tend to command much higher prices. Ones built by Jobs and Woz have sold at auction between $300k and $400k before.

One particular early model sold for $905,000.
http://time.com/3531033/apple-i-auction/

According to the TIME article, only 63 are known to exist, with just 15 of them actually working. Apple has probably preserved records of them.