A lot of wood and old-fashioned TVs remind us this is all happening in mid-to-late 1970s. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/the-ricketts-apple-1-personal-computer-palo-alto-5855175-details.aspx …pic.twitter.com/MKyczbnBIv
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A lot of wood and old-fashioned TVs remind us this is all happening in mid-to-late 1970s. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/the-ricketts-apple-1-personal-computer-palo-alto-5855175-details.aspx …pic.twitter.com/MKyczbnBIv
(Here are two more examples.) https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24495/lot/111/ …pic.twitter.com/Yyz6vBjOiB
These two had more of an industrial look. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/a-working-apple-1-personal-computer-palo-alto-6082916-details.aspx …pic.twitter.com/qLncI4NZTE
This Apple was branded by the owner as Apple One+, although I don’t know what that means. The extra chips and the toggle labeled FM make me pause – and there’s a speaker, too? https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/seven-centuries-of-science/an-apple-1-personal-computer-apple-inc-18/20976 …pic.twitter.com/b61VVp9u7k
On the other hand, some were basically case-less, mounted on whatever surface was nearby. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/first-bytes-iconic-technology-twentieth-century/apple-1-personal-computer-2/888 …pic.twitter.com/g2FABTjxFS
…even just a few pegs. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22247/lot/286/ …pic.twitter.com/UUV5kIwZ4s
Some took this in interesting directions, their owners mounting them like you’d install a photo… and this one even came with a keyboard of its successor, Apple II. http://lightningreleases.com/straight-from-the-bedroom-of-steve-jobs-the-most-complete-original-hand-built-apple-1-computer-worldwide-and-other-icons-in-auction-team-brekers-specialty-auction-on-nov-16-2/ …pic.twitter.com/Y0ZXwUX7Mc
I found the transparent cases particularly attractive, showcasing that the Apple I PCB is so elegant in and of itself (kudos, @stevewoz!).
Here’s one with two “function keys.”
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24898/lot/630/ …pic.twitter.com/WY3sDq1wtg
Here’s what I assume is a more modern case, from @LivingComputers Museum in Seattle – a place where you can actually interact with the Apple I!pic.twitter.com/KUlEA7NtpO
And here’s another one from the same museum – “the model that Steve Jobs would bring to potential buyers to demonstrate its capabilities.”pic.twitter.com/T6GIolPFjO
A few were charming, none more so than one this in a unique case with an amazing wordmark.pic.twitter.com/lakOXq1PwF
But my favourite bunch were Apple Is mounted in… suitcases, giving them unique portability. Here’s one of them. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/shoulders-giants-making-modern-world/first-apple-computer-50/70080 …pic.twitter.com/OLIJ2AUD7c
And this last, possibly the most fascinating, “all-in-one” Apple I – coming with a “built-in” tape recorder, and a mini manual. https://collection.maas.museum/object/397247 pic.twitter.com/5eZot6PZ6d
Out of some 200 Apple Is made, there are about ~60 extant ones we know of. Some volunteers try to keep track of their whereabouts on this website:https://www.apple1registry.com
All of this style reminds me of something very different – the early Soviet/East European home computers, often also in weird, “homely” cases made out of whatever was laying around.https://twitter.com/mwichary/status/862394033359929345 …
There’s just one tiny difference: none of *these* fetches hundreds of thousands dollars in today’s auctions. https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+i+auction&oq=apple+i+auction&aqs=chrome.0.0l2j69i60j0l3.2221j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 …
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