{"id":40293,"date":"2017-03-16T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T15:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=40293"},"modified":"2017-03-21T10:26:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:26:59","slug":"rare-functional-apple-1-computer-to-be-auctioned-may-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/40293-rare-functional-apple-1-computer-to-be-auctioned-may-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Functional Apple-1 Computer to Be Auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MacSales.com can help you upgrade just about any Apple computer<\/a> from the past couple of decades. However, there’s one model that a lucky collector will get their hands on that won’t be so easy to upgrade.<\/p>\n

Related article:<\/strong> Apple Quietly Updates iPhone, iPad Lines and Introduces New App<\/a><\/p>\n

A German auctioneer<\/a> will put a functional Apple-1 computer up for bidding on May 20, with the final price expected to reach hundreds of thousands of dollars (in 2014, an Apple-1 sold for almost $1 million<\/a>). The Apple-1<\/a> was the first Apple computer designed and built by Steve Wozniak.<\/p>\n

The computer, designed in 1976, originally sold for $666.66 and is one of only a few dozen still in existence of the 175 that were sold decades ago. Of those still existing, only eight or so are believed to be functional.<\/p>\n

The auctioned model will include an archive of original documents including the preliminary operation manual, circuit diagrams, and notes of telephone calls with Wozniak from 1977.<\/p>\n

The Apple-1 was originally sold as a motherboard kit, leaving it up to the owners to build housing and add peripheral equipment for the computer.<\/p>\n

Check out the video below for a closer look at the Apple-1 that will be auctioned.<\/p>\n