1976 Apple

[Rico]

Love this...

1976 - Apple I

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched the very first Apple computer in April of 1976.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-501465_162-10009696.html#ixzz1mT9pXb8u

[QuadShot]

That is so awesome!!

[Bryancd]

Wood! :)

[MARKO]

Wood is the new ALOO -MIN-E UM. 

[QuadShot]

Wood! :)

Ha! Bryan said WOOD!! :)

[Dangelus]

Before Apple when both Steves were "evil hackers" they built the Blue Box to make illegal free long distance calls. They've said there wouldn't  be an Apple if they hadn't started this way.

[QuadShot]

A must read - Steve Jobs Biography. It was a very open and honest biography

[davekill]

I think the apple one was just the hand-built motherboard.
It was up to the buyer to build a cabinet and add a power supply and peripherals.

Rare and Worth a lot nowadays, Christie's sold one for over 200k.
Back in the '70's Jobs tried to retract all the existing Apple-1s with offers of free trade-ins for Apple-2s.

You can still find a clone called the Replica-1 for about $200 and for 25 extra Woz will probably sign it for you  :)

[Bromptonboy]

Hah - I recall those black boxes - but the one we did was rotary...  ;)

[ChrisMC]

A must read - Steve Jobs Biography. It was a very open and honest biography

Yeah, no kidding! It certainly doesn't make Steve Jobs look like a hero. A man with a singular vision, yes. I sure wouln't want to work for him.

[davekill]

Today's iPad2 is a descendant of the Neanderthal Apple I - maybe once or twice removed.

Other archeological finds also appear time to time

Like this rare 128k Macintosh prototype featuring a 5.25 "Twiggy drive" in place of the standard 3.5 400k floppy disk drive.
Sure to fetch a handsome price.

[Bromptonboy]

Wow!  Now if we can find one with a 9" drive.....

[Bryancd]

A must read - Steve Jobs Biography. It was a very open and honest biography

Yeah, no kidding! It certainly doesn't make Steve Jobs look like a hero. A man with a singular vision, yes. I sure wouln't want to work for him.

Curious. Why would anyone ascribe the term "hero" to the CEO of a company? Visionary maybe, but it's nutlike he ran into a burning building and saved a family. He made cool stuff.

[ChrisMC]

I was just using hero as a generic term, instead of great guy. Plus, there was a ton of hero worship-y stuff going on when he died.

[Bryancd]

I was just using hero as a generic term, instead of great guy. Plus, there was a ton of hero worship-y stuff going on when he died.

That's true, little shrines outside Apple stores and all. I saw one locally. I suppose for some there is a fine line  between respect and admiration and hero worship.