What an amazing labor of love to catalog all these machines. Some of the stories behind each individual machine are amazing.
I remember when Fry's Electronics (was it Palo Alto or Sunnyvale?) had one on display.
nielsbot 7 hours ago [-]
Man... tangentially, is there a coffee table book about Fry's yet? I remember in the dot com days they had a lounge pianist there as well as a cafeteria? And also, oddly, adult magazines by the check out lines.
glimshe 3 hours ago [-]
I feel sad every time I think about Fry's and the death of big box electronics retail. I still long for those trips where I'd simply spend hours looking for what's new. Amazon can't deliver the same high and neither can Microcenter, the not-so-bad modern version.
Don't get me even started about Radio Shack :'(
minitoar 7 hours ago [-]
There was a cafeteria as recently as 2018
ageitgey 6 hours ago [-]
The Iron Horse cafe! Surprisingly good sandwiches back in the day.
divbzero 7 hours ago [-]
Of the 92 “verified and almost verified” Apple I computers in this registry, 67 are confirmed to be in working condition.
7 hours ago [-]
kristopolous 6 hours ago [-]
Gotta be honest, if I saw this sitting next to a dumpster I'd probably think "what is this worthless circuitboard doing here." and then I'd take it to properly e-waste it only to later find out:
"That was worth how much!?"
stavros 5 hours ago [-]
How much is it worth? I couldn't find any prices on the page.
Seems like it belonged to an Apple employee who passed away.
Stratoscope 3 hours ago [-]
Yes. Details are in the Christie's auction listing linked above. Scroll down to read the very interesting article about the Apple 1 in general and specifics about this particular machine.
I thought it was a mistake in the post; but it’s the same on the page.
https://www.apple1registry.com/en/contact.html
Frankly I'll take it over artificially sandblasted translation via someGPT.
https://www.apple1registry.com/en/43.html
I remember when Fry's Electronics (was it Palo Alto or Sunnyvale?) had one on display.
Don't get me even started about Radio Shack :'(
"That was worth how much!?"
1. https://www.macrumors.com/2022/12/16/apple-1-sells-for-440k/
2. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6495022