Apple I Computer For Sale (fwd)

From: Bjorn T. Eng <bjorn_at_ktb.net>
Date: Mon Nov 2 18:27:57 1998

Hi!

 Anybody else see this one? I wonder what kind of documentation he has to
"support" that "The current value of an Apple I computer is $40,000+" Is
he referring to the one that was sold for a charity?

Bjorn Eng


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 2 Nov 1998 14:05:39 GMT
From: David Selinger <dave314x_at_sd.cts.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Apple I Computer For Sale

Keywords: Apple 1 Apple I Wozniak Steve Jobs Computer

Subject: Apple 1 Computer For Sale - Historic Rare Museum Piece
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET), San Diego, CA
Summary: For Sale (FS) RARE Apple I (Apple 1) 1976 Computer System
Keywords: Apple I Apple 1 For Sale Antique Computer vintage computer
Wozniak Steve Jobs

I am offering for sale to the highest bidder an original 1976
Apple I (Apple 1) Computer System - museum quality (one is in the
Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. - see their web page.)

It includes:

Main processor board with original chips.
User Operations manual with schematic
BASIC programming User's manual which came with Apple I
Tape interface daughter board
BASIC cassette tape
Original one-sheet advertisement

What it doesn't include (because Apple Computer Co. did not
sell this equipment with the computer -- the user supplied it
himself): keyboard, and TV.

This computer is for display purposes only -- not for actual
use as a computer. Though I used it as a working computer in the
past, the ravages of time has likely make it inoperative.

Important Additional Information:

Only 200 were ever made (Steve Wozniak interview, Byte Magazine, December
1984, page A69).

Of those 200, many have likely been lost or destroyed, thereby
making the surviving computers worth much more because of their
increased scarcity.

Minimum price for starting the bidding is $25,000.00. The current value
of an Apple I computer is $40,000+. Documentation to support this fact will
be provided upon request. A color photo to interested parties will also be
provided upon request.

I am also offering a 10% finder's fee to any person who finds a legitimate
buyer with whom I actually consumate the sale. For example, finding a
buyer who agrees to buy the computer for $40,000.00 will mean a $4,000.00
finders fee to the person who finds the buyer. This offer of a finder's
fee however is valid for only two (2) months and expires on midnight Dec.
31, 1998.

Send email bids, or referrals to potential buyers to this
email address: dave314x_at_cts.com

I reserve the right to reject or accept any and all bids.

Dave.
Received on Mon Nov 02 1998 - 18:27:57 GMT