Comments on: Need A Unique Holiday Gift? There’s An Apple 1 For Sale On eBay! $50K http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Apple Vine http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1601530 The Apple Vine Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:01:59 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1601530 If only I had an extra $50,000 sitting around! If only I had an extra $50,000 sitting around!

]]> By: oplama http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1601467 oplama Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:30:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1601467 So is this one of those things that go up in value if it is restored? So is this one of those things that go up in value if it is restored?

]]> By: 888 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600970 888 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:44:28 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600970 apple1sale I hope you'll find some mac-apple-fan iDiot willing to plunk much more $$$ for this piece of broken old heap than your asking price. I'd love to see it happen :D Good luck with your sale. apple1sale

I hope you’ll find some mac-apple-fan iDiot willing to plunk much more $$$ for this piece of broken old heap than your asking price.
I’d love to see it happen :D

Good luck with your sale.

]]> By: apple1sale http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600948 apple1sale Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:47:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600948 #14 - I didn't think you were debating the value; I was kidding. I think what you were looking at is the reason I stated how clean my Apple 1 is. Most of them look like what you saw, with chips soldered in and wire tied off by hobbyists adding sound generators and teletype connectors and etc. to see what they could make their computer do. I don't think the guy that owned this Apple 1 ever did anything with it. His kids added a keyboard port in the mid-80s trying to get it to boot. Otherwise I think it just sat in the box. #14 – I didn’t think you were debating the value; I was kidding.

I think what you were looking at is the reason I stated how clean my Apple 1 is. Most of them look like what you saw, with chips soldered in and wire tied off by hobbyists adding sound generators and teletype connectors and etc. to see what they could make their computer do.

I don’t think the guy that owned this Apple 1 ever did anything with it. His kids added a keyboard port in the mid-80s trying to get it to boot. Otherwise I think it just sat in the box.

]]> By: JimD http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600912 JimD Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:26:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600912 Isn't the "Original Apple" mounted on a Plaque labelled "Our Founder" at Apple Headquarters ? Isn’t the “Original Apple” mounted on a Plaque labelled “Our Founder” at Apple Headquarters ?

]]> By: fpp2002 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600908 fpp2002 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:13:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600908 #8 I'm not debating the value of your Apple I. I was just pointing out it's a valuable piece of history, so much so that they put it in a museum. The one I saw was much like yours, except with a bunch of hand installed bypass capacitors and jumper wires, hence why I deduced it was one of the first prototypes on a circuit board, not a wire-wrapped one. And the box looked exactly like one of the earliest Wozniak built boxes I've seen in pictures. #8 I’m not debating the value of your Apple I. I was just pointing out it’s a valuable piece of history, so much so that they put it in a museum. The one I saw was much like yours, except with a bunch of hand installed bypass capacitors and jumper wires, hence why I deduced it was one of the first prototypes on a circuit board, not a wire-wrapped one. And the box looked exactly like one of the earliest Wozniak built boxes I’ve seen in pictures.

]]> By: pedro is retarded http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600887 pedro is retarded Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:24 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600887 No matter what the story is we know this: pedro is retarded. He is the product of two morons who bred and created an idiot spawn that should have been killed at birth. No matter what the story is we know this:

pedro is retarded.

He is the product of two morons who bred and created an idiot spawn that should have been killed at birth.

]]> By: Buzz http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600867 Buzz Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:01:06 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600867 I have an original one-owner, functioning Apple II with a recordable NTSC video output modification that I'll sell for merely $25,000... I have an original one-owner, functioning Apple II with a recordable NTSC video output modification that I’ll sell for merely $25,000…

]]> By: sargasso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600860 sargasso Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:41:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600860 #9. Ha! #9. Ha!

]]> By: Faxon http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600839 Faxon Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:00:54 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600839 Hey! It DOESN'T BOOT! Oh. yea. Let me be the first to put out $50,000 for a BRICK! BTW, I have a WORKING Apple II+ in my basement, with original drive, all the boxes, and monitor. I'll let MINE go for $5000. I'm just waiting for a sucker as well. Hey! It DOESN’T BOOT!

Oh. yea. Let me be the first to put out $50,000 for a BRICK!
BTW,
I have a WORKING Apple II+ in my basement, with original drive, all the boxes, and monitor.
I’ll let MINE go for $5000.
I’m just waiting for a sucker as well.

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600827 Jägermeister Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:30:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600827 You could get plenty of modded XBoxes for that price... You could get plenty of modded XBoxes for that price…

]]> By: apple1sale http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600805 apple1sale Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:37:52 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600805 fpp2002: I'm the guy selling the Apple 1 on eBay. Wozniak told me he still has the original wirewrapped Apple 1 but he doesn't know what he'll do with it. I suppose he's held onto it so long, it will just be a part of his estate when he dies. As for the one in the museum in London, if it is older than mine it would only be by a few months. My unit sold December 7, 1976 and Apple was founded April 1, 1976. The first batch of Apple 1s - 35 of them - was sold just prior to the founding of the company. At best, the one in London is nine months older than mine. Does the one in London have the original box with Jobs' parents as the return address? Does it have a letter from Jobs? No? I thought not...inferior product! lol fpp2002:

I’m the guy selling the Apple 1 on eBay. Wozniak told me he still has the original wirewrapped Apple 1 but he doesn’t know what he’ll do with it. I suppose he’s held onto it so long, it will just be a part of his estate when he dies.

As for the one in the museum in London, if it is older than mine it would only be by a few months. My unit sold December 7, 1976 and Apple was founded April 1, 1976. The first batch of Apple 1s – 35 of them – was sold just prior to the founding of the company. At best, the one in London is nine months older than mine.

Does the one in London have the original box with Jobs’ parents as the return address? Does it have a letter from Jobs? No? I thought not…inferior product! lol

]]> By: fpp2002 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600796 fpp2002 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:20:19 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600796 #3, there is one in a museum...the Science Museum in London. I saw it a few weeks ago. It's even older than this one. And it's got a wooden case with the keyboard. I think it was one of the first prototypes built by Steve Wozniak. #3, there is one in a museum…the Science Museum in London. I saw it a few weeks ago. It’s even older than this one. And it’s got a wooden case with the keyboard. I think it was one of the first prototypes built by Steve Wozniak.

]]> By: jim http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600781 jim Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:40:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600781 It's a good investment at 50 grand. I bet it goes for a lot more. It’s a good investment at 50 grand. I bet it goes for a lot more.

]]> By: chuck http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/13/need-a-unique-holiday-gift-theres-an-apple-1-for-sale-on-ebay-50k/comment-page-1/#comment-1600741 chuck Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:25:05 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=62844#comment-1600741 I've been looking for a working Apple IIe with 2 x 3 1/2" disk drives. Anyone? (I really need it - all my spreadsheets are in AppleWorks!) I’ve been looking for a working Apple IIe with 2 x 3 1/2″ disk drives. Anyone? (I really need it – all my spreadsheets are in AppleWorks!)

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