This month on Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only monthly podcast, Mike and Ken chat with Mike Willegal, Apple-1 and Apple II reproduction expert extraordinaire. His topic is hot this month: five Apple-1 computers were simultaneously on display at the History San Jose museum; one is being auctioned online; Willegal was interviewed for a […]
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Woz attends historic testing of five Apple 1 computers
Today’s Woz-stalking is courtesy Dean Nichols and The San Jose Mercury News. Tuesday, June 18th saw Steve Wozniak and several other *very notable* attendees gathered at History San Jose to power-on and test no fewer than five Apple 1 computers. How many of us wish they could have been there to see that?
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The First Apple (Kickstarter Book)
Thanks to Ken Gagne for the heads up on this story. We wanted to get in touch with Apple enthusiast groups everywhere, because of our forthcoming book—sure to be of interest to anyone who enjoys Apple and ‘70s Silicon Valley history—The First Apple. It’s the nonfiction account of the Apple-1, the first computer produced by […]
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Another run of CFFA1s
Rich Dreher, creator of the popular CFFA line of Apple-1 and Apple II expansion boards, has announced that cards from the next run of 200 CFFA1 are now available to order for $109.95 + shipping. The CFFA1 is compatible with Vince Briel’s Replica 1, Mike Willegal’s Apple 1 Mimeo, the Obtronix clone, and of course, […]
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Apple-1 sells for €500,000
The Apple-1 to most recently hit the auction block went for a record €500,000 (nearly $650,000 USD). Read all about it here. (HT: Mike Willegal)
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Yet another Apple-1 scheduled to be auctioned
While the most recent Apple-1 auction failed to close with a successful sale – bidding on the non-functional unit didn’t meet the $80,071 minimum price – another unit is scheduled to hit the auction block in November.  This particular Apple-1 is not only complete and working, but  comes with several original peripherals including a 9? […]
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Briel Computer’s second annual ‘I can’t solder sale’
Vince Briel is having what is now an annual ‘I can’t solder sale‘ with significant savings on his assembled retrocomputing products. If you’ve been considering a Replica-1 (or any of the other cool kits), now is your opportunity for major savings. Sale ends 09/16.
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Another Apple-1 to be auctioned by Christie’s
Image source: Mike Willegal’s Apple-1 Registry AOL’s DailyFinance News reports that another original Apple-1 computer is to go on the auction block at Christie’s on October 9. This particular machine, which comes from the estate of former Apple employee Joe Copson, is expected to fetch as much as $127,000 USD, though it may go for […]