Ahh... a replica.... I like it.
Could a case be made to remanufacture the kit without Apple being
concerned?
George
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George L. Rachor george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon
http://racsys.rt.rain.com
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Paul Kearns wrote:
> The Apple 1 discussion reminds me of some (evil) thougts I had a while back.
> What do the people on this list think of building an Apple I as a "homebrew"
> project? Without much work, I was able to dig up a schematic and boot rom
> listing for an A1, and the parts are all (mostly) readily available.
>
> I know it wouldn't be a real Apple 1, and it wouldn't be worth $40,000 8-).
> But it'd be interesting, to me anyway, to live though hand-building a
> working computer from just a bundle of wires, as well as having a "manly"
> computer -- none of this sissy disk drive stuff. If nothing else, it seems
> like good soldering practice!
>
> If the purpose is education rather than collector's value, have I still sold
> my soul to the devil? What if I then tell people I have "an Apple 1 (-ish)
> computer", thereby letting me brag about building it myself, if not the
> actual authenticity?
>
> Thanks for any comments!
>
> Paul Kearns
> paulk_at_microsoft.com
>
Received on Tue Nov 03 1998 - 16:25:02 GMT