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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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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