Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000

But sadly the oldest vintage Apple I still own is the Apple II my father bought me just a few years after this Apple I was made. I had it upgraded until it reached Apple IIe Platinum status with motherboard swaps and all the add-on cards.

It still works and every now and again, I flip her on and play a little vintage Castle Wolfenstein.

Heil!

Kommen Sie!

What an awesome game. I am looking forward to Bethesda's new Wolfenstein title coming out in the next year.

n/t

That's it. An Apple 1, one of the early one board computers.

wish i had one.

anybody interested in an original atari unit? with cartridges?

Our first modem was 100 (I think) Baud on it. We had a Coleco ADAM first. We later got the 300 Baud modem for it and later a 1200 Baud to run a BBS.

When it was common to start a download and then go mow the lawn.

Well the beginnings of a collection anyway. It's amazing the amount of stuff some collectors have!

Spare parts, most of the software that ever came out for it, original boxes, newsletters, books, and more.

Parts are still available here: http://ann.hollowdreams.com/adamsupplies.html

Love it!

I doubt it

Crapard Bell! As a salesman, I learned to hate them because if I sold one, there was a high chance of losing the commission I made on them.

When I moved into a support tech position, I learned to love them. They helped assure I would have plenty of business. Add the headaches of an AOL installation changing critical system files to the mix: Bingo!

With a DX-4 Intel processor?

although probably completely worthless, now and forever, it has made its lasting mark in the timeline of dishonorable tech marketing.

There is a fool born every minute.

I worked a summer job during High School in a computer factory in '74 on the East Coast. The printers I assembled went with "mini computers" that were as big as a desk. These guys were way ahead of the curve - their homemade processor fit on top of a desk.

Alas it doesn't work. The microprocessor, a CDP 1802 I'd used in my first computer which was probably a factory second to begin with, failed a few years ago.

Nope, it's not for sale.

The first "computers" I built used relays. When I was a little kid I'd become obsessed with a relay driven tic-tac-toe machine I'd seen a tech museum and I wanted to build one myself. I don't have these anymore, but I loved the sounds they made.

Once upon a time I got to play with an apple I, but I don't think I've ever been in a position where I could have bought one.

Especially not now...

It's not grayscale, it is 2 "color" -- black and white. There is a clock and a notepad, I think, but most everything runs on Hypercard. It still works. I found it on the side of the road, in a rainstorm. The keyboard and mouse were still wrapped in plastic. Somehow the rain didn't eff up the electronics.

He left some patient records on the HyperCard stacks. Nothing serious...but it was amazing to boot it up and see that it was used as a "professional" computer.

The Mac Classic came out in 1990, essentially a minor upgrade to the Mac Plus. It was later replaced by the Classic II, which boasted 16 colors and up to 4mb of ram.